{"product_id":"the-last-september-9780486854571","title":"The Last September","description":"\"Brilliant.... A successful combination of social comedy and private tragedy.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Bowen masterfully depicts the Anglo-Irish aristocracy's decline during the Irish War of Independence. Set in the 1920s on a vast country estate, the novel portrays the social and political turbulence through the lens of the Naylor family. Bowen's nuanced characterization and vivid descriptions paint a poignant picture of a world of wealth filled with tennis parties and army camp dances--on the brink of disintegration. Nineteen-year-old Lois Farquar embodies the tensions between tradition and modernity in an existential coming-of-age crisis as she navigates personal and societal upheaval. Bowen skillfully encapsulates Lois's transition from adolescence to adulthood. \u003ci\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling read exploring identity, the inevitable passage of time, and the fight for freedom--both political and spiritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Elizabeth Bowen] is one of the handful of great...novelists of this century.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Had Elizabeth Bowen been a man she would be recognised as one of the finest novelists of the 20th century.\" John Banville--\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486854571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Elizabeth Bowen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316440555701,"sku":"9780486854571","price":7.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_37ba2a19-c0ef-4021-a90f-dfc9715b73d7.jpg?v=1745331170","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-september-9780486854571","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}