Love among the ruins

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 deadly caustic satire, often imbued with hidden lyricism; the creator of grotesquely funny fantasies, where the ideological paradoxes of the fading British Empire are fancifully refracted. Among the works of Evelyn Waugh are such famous novels as “A Fistful of Ashes”, “Sensation”, “Brideshead Revisited”, “Unforgettable”, etc. In addition, the writer’s creative heritage includes several collections of stories that were written in different years of his life and in miniature form combined the elements that gave the author the reputation of the greatest prose writer of the twentieth century. According to critics, Evelyn Waugh's stories are the quintessence of style, "sketches and false starts to longer works", and also convincing evidence that one of the most revered and beloved English novelists was also a consummate master of the short form. This edition contains “Tactical Exercises,” “Love Among the Ruins,” “Compassion,” and other later stories.