Bliss and Other Stories
Instrumental in revisioning the potential of the short story form, Katherine Mansfield's `Bliss and Other Stories' captures the accuracy of raw emotion and social experience. Inviting readers to reflect upon our most vulnerable of states, this collection constitutes a deep dive into what it means to be human. Featuring a selection of new poetry and short story by acclaimed New Zealand author Paul Morris, as inspired by Mansfield herself.`Bliss and Other Stories' is the ideal companion for fans of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams fans of `The Notebook'.Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a short story writer and poet from New Zealand who was widely considered one of the most influential and important authors of the modernist movement. Having settled in England at the age of 19, Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence were among her literary friends and admirers. She died of tuberculosis at the age of 34. Her life and best-know short stories were adapted into the 1973 TV series 'A Picture of Katherine Mansfield'.
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Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield, née en **1888** en Nouvelle-Zélande et morte en **1923** en France, est une figure majeure de la nouvelle littéraire moderne. Son premier recueil, *In a German Pension*, publié en **1911**, puise dans son expérience douloureuse d’un séjour en cure en Bavière, après une fausse couche et un mariage raté. Son écriture, influencée par Tchekhov, se distingue par une ironie subtile et une attention aiguë aux détails humains. Mansfield a marqué la littérature par sa capacité à capturer les émotions et les tensions sociales en quelques pages, devenant une référence pour des auteurs comme Virginia Woolf.
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