Vain shadow
Hervey, Jane2015
Book
People behave strangely and badly around death and a family funeral has a dark comic drama all of its own. The plot is simple; a wealthy family gathers at the family home (a 2,000 acre country estate in Derbyshire) in the aftermath of the patriarch's death; to mourn him, bury him and read his will. Jane Hervey restricts herself to four chapters, corresponding to four days, and the weight of the novel lies in the relationships between the old man's surviving wife and adult children as they begin to realise what his death will mean.
Main title:
Vain shadow / Jane Hervey ; with a new preface by Celia Robertson.
Author:
Hervey, Jane, authorRobertson, Celia, writer of preface
Work:
Imprint:
London : Persephone Books, 2015.
Collation:
xiii, 234 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Persephone book ; 112.
Notes:
First published 1963.
ISBN:
9781910263020 (pbk)9781910263020 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
794195
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | HERV | Available |