The scene is Naples, against whose ancient and fantastic background the modern action takes place. Among the protagonists is Jenny, young and pretty, who has come to Naples in flight from a sombre drama, unaware that a larger drama waits her there. She has an introduction to a Neapolitan woman, and one day she idly follows it up....

Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist, Ted Tice, she is to find that love brings passion, sorrow, betrayal and finally hope. The milder Grace seeks fulfilment in an apparently happy marriage....

Collected Stories includes both volumes of National Book Award-winning author Shirley Hazzard\"s short story collections - Cliffs of Fall and People in Glass Houses - alongside uncollected works and two previously unpublished stories....

Book Description From the author of The Great Fire, a collection of stories about love and acceptance, expectations and disappointment Shirley Hazzard’s stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments of crisis. Whether they are set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, the stories deal with real people and real problems....

Book Description A Great Writer\'s Sweeping Story of Men and Women Struggling to Reclaim Their Lives in The Aftermath of World Conflict The Great Fire is Shirley Hazzard\'s first novel since The Transit of Venus, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981. The conflagration of her title is the Second World War....