by Elizabeth Taylor · Rivages · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782743600747
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«La Bonté même» is the novel by Elizabeth Taylor, translated from the English by Nicole Tisserand, published by Rivages in paperback (265 pages, in French).
The novel, originally published as The Soul of Kindness, explores the nature of kindness and how it is perceived and exercised in daily life. Elizabeth Taylor portrays with irony the relationships of couples, friendship and social conventions, and shows the contradictions hidden behind a pleasant and orderly facade.
Original title: The Soul of Kindness, published in 1964. This French edition belongs to the Bibliothèque étrangère collection of Rivages and was published on 1 May 1996.
For readers of modern classics and twentieth-century British fiction, with an interest in everyday life and human relationships.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated". Her 1971 novel Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont was shortlisted for The Booker Prize.
