{"product_id":"the-last-september-paperback","title":"The Last September - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/b\u003e is Elizabeth Bowen's portrait of a young woman's coming of age in a brutalized time and place, where the ordinariness of life floats like music over the impending doom of history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1920, at their country home in County Cork, Sir Richard Naylor and his wife, Lady Myra, and their friends maintain a skeptical attitude toward the events going on around them, but behind the facade of tennis parties and army camp dances, all know that the end is approaching--the end of British rule in the south of Ireland and the demise of a way of life that had survived for centuries. Their niece, Lois Farquar, attempts to live her own life and gain her own freedoms from the very class that her elders are vainly defending. \u003cb\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/b\u003e depicts the tensions between love and the longing for freedom, between tradition and the terrifying prospect of independence, both political and spiritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant.... A successful combination of social comedy and private tragedy.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last September is Elizabeth Bowen's portrait of a young woman's coming of age in a brutalized time and place, where the ordinariness of life floats like music over the impending doom of history. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1920, at their country home in County Cork, Sir Richard Naylor and his wife, Lady Myra, and their friends maintain a skeptical attitude toward the events going on around them, but behind the facade of tennis parties and army camp dances, all know that the end is approaching--the end of British rule in the south of Ireland and the demise of a way of life that had survived for centuries. Their niece, Lois Farquar, attempts to live her own life and gain her own freedoms from the very class that her elders are vainly defending. The Last September depicts the tensions between love and the longing for freedom, between tradition and the terrifying prospect of independence, both political and spiritual. \u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.... A successful combination of social comedy and private tragedy.\"--\"The Times Literary Supplement (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899. She wrote many acclaimed novels, including \u003cb\u003eThe Heat if the Day\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEva Trout\u003c\/b\u003e. She was awarded the CBE (Commander if the Order of the British Empire) in 1948. She died in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.94 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687021776959,"sku":"9780385720144","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d8b6f3f5ae635c7b8a2d47efb2db9d48.webp?v=1764977190","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-last-september-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}