These sharp, ironic and compelling stories are perfect hard gems of observationabout the truths of everyday life: kindness and friendship balance precariouslywith obsession and desire.
Dorothy Edwards was educated at Howell’s School and Cardiff University, whereshe studied Greek and Philosophy. After graduation she pursued a literary career,travelling in Europe and living briefly in Vienna, Florence and later in London. Shepublished a collection of short stories, Rhapsody, in 1927, followed by a novel,Winter Sonata, in 1928. She returned to Wales to look after her widowed motherbut struggled to sustain her literary output in relative isolation, writing only a fewmore stories. She took her own life in 1934, at the age of thirty-one.
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‘I can’t think of a more wonderful collection of stories... It’s a card-carrying masterpiece. Funny, creepy, and strangely beautiful.’ Dan Rhodes
