内容简介
PenelopeFitzgerald,whodiedin2000,emergedlateinlifeasoneofthemostremarkableEnglishwritersofthelastcentury.Thethreenovelsinthisvolumealldisplayhercharacteristicwit,intellectualbreadthandnarrativebrilliance,appliedtothedifferenttraditionalformsintowhichshebreathednewlife.TheBookshopisacontemporarycomedyofmanners,setinaprovincialtown.InTheGateofAngelsromanceiscombinedwiththenovelofideas;whileTheBlueFlowerrevitalizeshistoricaldramainastudyoftheeighteenth-centuryGermanwriterNovalis.Fitzgeraldbeingthegeniusoftherelevantdetailandthedeftlysketchedconceptualcontext,eachbookconjuresupadifferentworldinafewvividpageswhichremainetchedonthememory.
作者简介
PenelopeFitzgerald(17December1916–28April2000)wasaBookerPrize–winningEnglishnovelist,poet,essayistandbiographer.In2008,TheTimesincludedherinalistof"The50greatestBritishwriterssince1945".In2012,TheObservernamedherfinalnovel,TheBlueFlower,asoneof"thetenbesthistoricalnovels".