Olivia Manning

Olivia Manning (1908–1980) wrote more than twelve novels, including her celebrated The Fortunes of War series. In addition to her novels, Manning wrote essays and criticism, history, a screenplay, and a book about cats. NYRB Classics published Manning's School for Love in 2009.

The Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy
A multi-stranded and engrossing novel of civilian life during World War II. "One of those combinations of soap opera and literature that are so rare you'd think it would meet the conditions of two kinds of audiences: those after what the trade calls 'a good read,' and those who want something more." —Howard Moss, The New York Review of Books

School for Love
A sadly sweet, yet peculiarly uplifting story about displaced people attempting to repair their broken lives at the end of the Second World War. At the center of the book is Felix, an orphan, who arrives at the Jerusalem home of his horrible holy-rolling aunt and is forced to grow up fast.

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