They Came Like Swallows (Panther S)

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2001
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Elizabeth Morison is an ordinary woman. Yet to eight-year-old Bunny, his mother is the centre of his universe. To his older brother, Robert, she is someone he must protect against the dangers of the outside world. And to James Morison, his wife is the foundation on which his family rests and life without her is unimaginable. William Maxwell's unique and moving family portrait confirms his reputation as one of the twentieth century's finest novelists.

Synopsis

Elizabeth Morison is an ordinary woman. Yet to eight-year-old Bunny, his mother is the centre of his universe. To his older brother, Robert, she is someone he must protect against the dangers of the outside world. And to James Morison, his wife is the foundation on which his family rests and life without her is unimaginable. William Maxwell's unique and moving family portrait confirms his reputation as one of the twentieth century's finest novelists.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 27 Dec 2001
ISBN 10: 1860469280
ISBN 13: 9781860469282
Book Overview: 'As the voices of Austen, Turgenev and Tolstoy have survived, so will Maxwell's' The Times

Media Reviews

There aren't many truly great writers... William Maxwell is one of them * The Times *
A story of such engaging warmth that it will melt many a reader to tears * Time Magazine *
Very delightful * V.S. Pritchett *
Rare...exquisite...a cameo-like perfection * New York Herald Tribune *
A lovely, heartbreaking book * New York Sun *

Author Bio

William Maxwell was born on 16th August 1908 in Illinois. He was the author of a distinguished body of work: six novels, three short story collections, an autobiographical memoir and a collection of literary essays and reviews. A New Yorker editor for forty years, he helped to shape the prose and careers of John Updike, John Cheever, John O'Hara and Eudora Welty. His novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and he received the PEN/Malamud Award.