Love Among the Ruins. The Complete Collection of Stories

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) — an outstanding British writer, biographer, and journalist, one of the most subtle English stylists, as well as a recognized master of black humor and mordant satire (often infused with hidden lyricism, behind which a nostalgic feeling and autobiographical content can be sensed); creator of grotesquely funny fantasies, where the lifestyle and ideological paradoxes of the fading British Empire are whimsically refracted. Among Evelyn Waugh's novels are such famous works as «A Handful of Dust», «Sensation», «Brideshead Revisited», «Unforgettable», and others. Furthermore, the writer's creative legacy includes several collections of stories; they were written at different times in his life and in miniature form combined elements that earned him a reputation as the greatest prose writer of the 20th century. According to critics, Evelyn Waugh's stories are a kind of quintessence of style, «sketches and false starts for longer works», as well as compelling evidence that one of the most revered and beloved English novelists was also an unparalleled master of the short form. This edition features the complete collection of Evelyn Waugh's stories, most of which are published in Russian for the first time.