Alice Thomas Ellis (1932 – 2005) veröffentlichte zahlreiche erfolgreiche Romane und Sachbücher. Sie war unter ihrem eigentlichen Namen – Anna Haycraft – als Lektorin und Herausgeberin im Duckworth Verlag tätig, der ihrem Mann Colin Haycraft gehörte.
Alice Thomas Ellis Books
September 9, 1932 – March 8, 2005
Alice Thomas Ellis was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The 27th Kingdom. Her literary contributions often delve into the intricate dynamics of family and the complexities of human nature, rendered with sharp insight and a distinctive dry wit. Ellis's prose is marked by its economy of language and a potent ability to evoke deep emotional resonance.
Unexplained Laughter
- 155 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Lydia has a cottage in Wales to which she retires to recover from a broken love affair. She is accompanied against her will by Betty, who is concerned for her well-being and likes to do the cooking. While Lydia would prefer to be alone and will not admit to suffering from nerves, when she starts hearing odd noises in the night she is quite pleased to have a companion. Then they meet some of the local people and Lydia begins to realise that the search for peace on earth can be a vain exercise, that tragedy and misunderstanding not only travel well but are to be found proliferating in the remotest corners.
The Fly in the Ointment
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
The third and final volume of a trilogy following "The Clothes in the Wardrobe" and "The Skeleton in the Closet". The reader is treated to a view of the marriage of mousey Margaret through the eyes of the outrageous Lili who arrives from Paris to bring some glamour into other people's lives.
The Summer House
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A sharp comedy of marriage, motherhood, and scandal, filled with mordant wit and moral philosophy. Its constituent novels The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1987), The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1988), and The Fly in the Ointment (1989) describe from three points of view the circumstances surrounding a wedding which, at the last minute, fortunately fails to take place. Basis for the 1993 film. With a new Afterword by Thomas Meagher
Un réveillon mortel
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Noël approche. Eric est morose. Son couple bat de l'aile, et l'auberge qu'il possède, quelque part en Ecosse, est au bord du dépôt de bilan. En désespoir de cause, il décide de passer une annonce dans la presse nationale : VOUS REDOUTEZ NOËL ? PARTEZ VOUS RÉFUGIER DANS UN PETIT HOTEL AU BOUT DU MONDE. Et ça marche! Échouent ainsi sur l'île cinq personnes atteintes du syndrome de Noël : une star des médias, un psychanalyste, un jeune acteur mythomane, une vendeuse et un militaire. Mais on n'échappe pas à ses névroses, et leurs échanges pleins de sous-entendus - et de malentendus - les ramènent sans cesse, comme le ressac hostile de la mer, à la rencontre de leur solitude. Alice Thomas Ellis entraîne le lecteur dans un étrange territoire littéraire, entre comédie humaine (côté terre) et roman fantastique (côté mer).
Kaktusblüte
- 419 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Alice Thomas Ellis (1932 – 2005) veröffentlichte zahlreiche erfolgreiche Romane und Sachbücher. Sie war unter ihrem eigentlichen Namen – Anna Haycraft – als Lektorin und Herausgeberin im Duckworth Verlag tätig, der ihrem Mann Colin Haycraft gehörte.
