The house in Paris
Book • 1935
The House in Paris (1935) by Elizabeth Bowen interweaves past and present through the lives of residents connected to an upstairs dying matriarch, revealing how memory, regret, and history shape personal identities.
Bowen's evocative prose and focus on atmosphere examines the psychological effects of familial loss and social constraints.
Critics read the novel for its exploration of time, mourning, and the disruptive influence of death on the living.
The podcast mentions it when discussing how maternal death provokes reassessment of the past and future in fiction.
Bowen's evocative prose and focus on atmosphere examines the psychological effects of familial loss and social constraints.
Critics read the novel for its exploration of time, mourning, and the disruptive influence of death on the living.
The podcast mentions it when discussing how maternal death provokes reassessment of the past and future in fiction.
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Bridget English
Christopher Cusack et al. eds., "The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature" (Liverpool UP, 2026)
