{"product_id":"quartet-in-autumn","title":"Quartet in Autumn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pym, Barbara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reissue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 15-07-1992\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e part_0452269342\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nShortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis 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\".\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"An exquisite, even magnificent work of art\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"'Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"The wit and style of a twentieth century Jane Austen\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nHarpers \u0026amp; Queen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"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\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Very funny and keenly observant of the ridiculous as well as the pathetic in humanity\" -\u003cbr\u003e\n Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAmazon.com Review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nQuartet in Autumn is one of the books Pym wrote during the 15 years when no one would publish her, and perhaps the same kind of balance between hopelessness and inner strength helped shape this novel's story about four friends in an office nearing the age of retirement. They are people who have lived unspectacularly, but who have conjured a sense of themselves from the quartet's unity. Things start to change when two of them retire. Pym maps this ordinary strangeness of life with her particular genius for brilliant psychological insight and quiet humor that never strains for effect.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nReview\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"An exquisite, even magnificent work of art\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"'Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"The wit and style of a twentieth century Jane Austen\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nHarpers \u0026amp; Queen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"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\" -\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Very funny and keenly observant of the ridiculous as well as the pathetic in humanity\" -\u003cbr\u003e\n Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA 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\u003cbr\u003e\nQuartet in Autumn and three other novels. She died in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452269347\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50209737376048,"sku":"Trans_9780452269347","price":1189.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71wkN7-aacL.jpg?v=1760171123","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/quartet-in-autumn","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}