The Darkness of Wallis Simpson

Oct 19, 2024 8:36 PM

Author:Rose Tremain

A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.

Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors. An East German border guard, redundant after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland.A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his ‘frame’ – or does he?

‘Moving and tragic... The darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection’ Daily Express

‘Classic, breathtaking Tremain’ Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year

‘Mordantly perceptive tales’ Sunday Times

Reviews

Classic, breathtaking Tremain

—— Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year

Mordantly perceptive tales

—— Sunday Times

Moving and tragic...the darkness of Rose Tremain is never far from the surface in this brilliantly written short story collection

—— Express

Written with the deft imagination we've come to know and love from Rose Tremain

—— Good Housekeeping

A distinguished collection

—— Stephanie Cross , Observer

Sprightly and inventive

—— Daily Telegraph

Her exactness and lightness of touch in scene-setting are used to superb effect in her short stories...Tremain is restless in her exploration of voices

—— Independent on Sunday

This collection is a jewel-box containing gems of near perfection... She's a consistently superior writer. Do yourself - and literature - a service: Read her

—— Globe & Mail

Rose Tremain is a prolific and much lauded writer but here she is at her best

—— Rebecca Newman , Daily Telegraph

Painful moments of self-revelation are expertly drawn

—— Sunday Herald

Striking collection of stories

—— Sunday Telegraph

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