Katherine Mansfield’s clear, sparkling and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre, and this collection represents the whole range of her writing. Graceful, delicate and quietly devastating, they observe apparently trivial incidents to create sensitive, often painful revelations of her characters’ inner lives.
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Автор: Katherine Mansfield
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