内容简介
InStAlberics,Hertfordshire,standsanewlybuiltfamilyhome:Sunglades.ItssevenroomshouseKennethandConstanceFielding,middle-agedbachelorandspinster,alongwithKenneth'soldflame,anindustriousBalkanexile,ayoungeconomistandtheFieldings'raffishfather.TogethertheyattempttocreatearuralidyllprecariouslyclosetotheremainsofblitzedLondon.
作者简介
STELLAGIBBONSwasborninLondonin1902.ShewenttotheNorthLondonCollegiateSchoolandstudiedjournalismatUniversityCollege,London.Shethenworkedfortenyearsonvariouspapers,includingtheEveningStandard.StellaGibbonsistheauthoroftwenty-fivenovels,threevolumesofshort-stories,andfourvolumesofpoetry.HerfirstpublicationwasabookofpoemsTheMountainBeast(1930)andherfirstnovelColdComfortFarm(1932)wontheFeminaVieHeurusePrizefor1933.AmongstherworksareChristmasatColdComfortFarm(1940),Westwood(1946),ConferenceatColdComfortFarm(1959)andStarlight(1967).ShewaselectedaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLiteraturein1950.In1933shemarriedtheactorandsingerAllanWebb.Theyhadonedaughter.StellaGibbonsdiedin1989.
