![]() ![]() “Abroad” captures the low point of an artist couple’s tumultuous European road trip, trapped in a remote Spanish farmhouse and forced to paint a family mural and pitch in with chores to pay for repairs to their broken-down car. In the title story, a Mediterranean purple swamp hen chronicles the secrets and scandals of Quintus Pompeius’s villa, culminating with his narrow escape from the lava and ash of Vesuvius. Now, in her first story collection in decades, Lively takes up themes of history, family, and relationships across varied and vividly rendered settings. ![]() In such acclaimed novels as The Photograph, Family Album, and How It All Began, Penelope Lively has captivated readers with her singular blend of wisdom, elegance, and humor. “Lively writes with an astringent blend of sympathy and detachment, emotional wisdom and satiric wit.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times A glimmering collection of new short fiction from the Booker Prize winner. ![]()
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