{"product_id":"the-garden-party-paperback","title":"The Garden Party - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Mansfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Colm Tóibín\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human experience, from marriage, family, and death to duty, disillusionment, and regret in this commanding collection, part of the Ecco Art of the Story series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life in the chaotic years after World War I, the fifteen stories in \u003cem\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/em\u003e are as fresh, perceptive, and vivid today as they were nearly a century ago. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand while others take place in England or on the French Riviera. In each, Mansfield explores the small yet transformative epiphanies in every day life and illuminates the unspoken, often misunderstood emotions common to us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wry \"The Daughters of the Late Colonel,\" two sisters discover that freedom from their father isn't quite what they expected it to be. A lonely and naïve older woman's contrived sense of self is painfully challenged in \"Miss Brill.\" \"At the Bay\" considers the plight of a happily married young woman who struggles to find equality with her husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/em\u003e is an enduring work of literary craftsmanship from a marvelous modern artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, colorful, poignant, and mysterious: fifteen tales from irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, with a preface by the legendary Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewritten toward the end of Mansfield's tragically short life, in the chaotic years after World War I, the fifteen stories in \u003cem\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/em\u003e are as fresh, perceptive, and vivid today as they were nearly a century ago. In tales set in her birthplace of New Zealand, as well as in England and on the French Riviera, Mansfield explores the small yet transformative epiphanies in everyday life and illuminates the unspoken, often misunderstood emotions common to us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wry \"The Daughters of the Late Colonel,\" two sisters discover that freedom from their father isn't quite what they expected it to be. A lonely and naïve older woman's contrived sense of self is painfully challenged in \"Miss Brill.\" \"At the Bay\" considers the plight of a happily married young woman who struggles to find equality with her husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Garden Party\u003c\/em\u003e is an enduring work of literary craftsmanship from a marvelous modern artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was born and raised in colonial New Zealand. At nineteen, Mansfield moved to the United Kingdom, where she befriended D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. She published three short story collections, \u003cem\u003eIn a German Pension, Bliss, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Garden Party, \u003c\/em\u003e before she died from extrapulmonary tuberculosis at the age of thirty-four. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.2 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44290845048934,"sku":"9780062490490","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S3VXWjZvVG9vbXB6SGRNd0xEdzhRZz09.webp?v=1766840125","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-garden-party-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}