{"product_id":"the-heat-of-the-day-elizabeth-bowen","title":"The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting portrayal of love and betrayal in a London hollowed by war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alive with the erotic tensions of the blackout, the Blitz and the heightened pleasures of sex in the proximity of death' \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROY FOSTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eElizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. She travelled a great deal, dividing most of her time between London and Bowen's Court, the family house in County Cork which she inherited. Her first book, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eEncounters\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1923. \u003ci\u003eThe Hotel \u003c\/i\u003e(1927) was her first novel. She was awarded the CBE in 1948, and received honorary degrees from Trinity College, Dublin in 1949, and from Oxford University in 1956. The Royal Society of Literature made her a Companion of Literature in 1965. She died in 1973.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 400 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63448314773853,"sku":"K097683326","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/229479-9768332600001A.jpg?v=1771209540","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-heat-of-the-day-elizabeth-bowen","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}