Katherine Mansfield
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English
Description
Eighty-eight modernist short stories from the New Zeland author, Kathleen Mansfield Murry, published under her pen name. She was recognized as innovative, accessible, and psychologically acute, oen of the pioneers of the avant-garde in the creation of the short story. Her language was clear and precise; her emotion and reaction to experience carefully distilled and resonant. Her use of image and symbol were sharp, suggestive, and new without seeming...
2) A cup of tea
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Language
English
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"Privileged Rosemary Fell invites Eleanor Smith, a penniless young woman she sees under a streetlamp in the rain, into her home for a cup of tea. When her fiancé, Philip, sees Eleanor he is intrigued. This chance encounter leads to a tempestuous love triangle--until the tides of war throw all their lives off balance"--
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Español
Description
In muchas oportunidades, Julio Cortázar manifestó su admiración por ciertos cuentos que le resultaban inolvidables. Esas declaraciones han inspirado la presente antología, que reúne un variado grupo de magníficos relatos: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (Jorge Luis Borges), William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe), Un recuerdo navideño (Truman Capote), El puente sobre el río del Búho (Ambrose Bierce), La lección del maestro (Henry James), La muerte...