The Death of the Heart
15 hrs. 38 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Elizabeth Bowen
Author
Elizabeth Bowen
Narrator
Alexey Bagdasarov
Narrator
Anastasia Zavozova
Narrator
Natalia Kaznacheeva
Description
“The Death of the Heart” is a delicate psychological story about first love—the most famous book by Elizabeth Bowen. The book is included in the 100 most important novels of English literature.
Orphaned sixteen-year-old Portia, arriving in London, finds herself in a strange world of words left unspoken, glances that slip away, and an atmosphere that is both refined and elegant and deadly stifling. Portia involuntarily becomes the force destined to scratch away the lacquered surface of ideal social life, showing that behind the shining façade are ordinary people—longing and weak.
Elizabeth Bowen, a classic of British literature, a participant in the famous literary circle “Bloomsbury,” and Virginia Woolf’s close friend, became a link between the modernism of the early century and the psychological intricacy of its second half. In her books, a sharp sense of humor is combined with immersion into the depths of human motives and desires.
Orphaned sixteen-year-old Portia, arriving in London, finds herself in a strange world of words left unspoken, glances that slip away, and an atmosphere that is both refined and elegant and deadly stifling. Portia involuntarily becomes the force destined to scratch away the lacquered surface of ideal social life, showing that behind the shining façade are ordinary people—longing and weak.
Elizabeth Bowen, a classic of British literature, a participant in the famous literary circle “Bloomsbury,” and Virginia Woolf’s close friend, became a link between the modernism of the early century and the psychological intricacy of its second half. In her books, a sharp sense of humor is combined with immersion into the depths of human motives and desires.
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