Afterlife

In this generous posthumous collection of literary essays and reviews, Penelope Fitzgerald celebrates the "life beyond life" of dozens of writers, the acclaimed and overlooked alike. Here are Fitzgerald's brilliant introductions to the classics, as well as considerations of more recent novels. Rounded out by travel writings, bits of autobiography, and essays on the craft of fiction, The Afterlife forms one of the most engaging books about books since Virginia Woolf's The Common Reader. As the critic Hermione Lee says in an appreciative introduction, "Penelope Fitzgerald leads us right to the heart of the matter-the feeling of a novel, the nature of a life, the understanding of how something or someone works, the sense of a place or a time," and she does so with justice, humor, grace, and style. Book jacket.Fitzgerald, Penelope is the author of 'Afterlife ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781582433202 and ISBN 1582433208.