{"product_id":"quartet-in-autumn-paperback","title":"Quartet in Autumn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Pym\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief point of contact is that they work in the same office and they suffer the same problem - loneliness. Lovingly, poignantly, satirically and with much humour, Pym conducts us through their small lives and the facade they erect to defend themselves against the outside world. There is nevertheless an obstinate optimism in her characters, allowing them in their different ways to win through to a kind of hope. Barbara Pym's sensitive wit and artistry are at their most sparkling in \"Quartet in Autumn\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exquisite, even magnificent work of art\" - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"'Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The wit and style of a twentieth century Jane Austen\" - \u003ci\u003eHarpers \u0026amp; Queen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Barbara Pym's unpretentious, subtle, accomplished novels are for me the finest examples of high comedy to have appeared in England during the past 75 years ...spectacular\" - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Very funny and keenly observant of the ridiculous as well as the pathetic in humanity\" -\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer from the age of sixteen, BARBARA PYM has been acclaimed as the most underrated writer of the century (Philip Larkin). Pym's substantial reputation evolved through the publication of six novels from 1950 to 1961, then resumed in 1977 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eQuartet in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e and three other novels. She died in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.64 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227657683193,"sku":"9780452269347","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NU8wL3V3Uk1ZMUc1MnJUdnFFbzNCQT09.webp?v=1768285237","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/quartet-in-autumn-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}