Sylvia Townsend Warner's first novel, published in 1926, is magical and subversive, anticipating the ficton of writers like Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.
*The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. * re published to coincide with the publication of Anthony Holden's biography coming from HarperCollins
*The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. * re published to coincide with the publication of Anthony Holden's biography coming from HarperCollins
A 'violent experience' at the age of nine colours Jessica Vye's schooldays and her reaction to the world around her, for she has been told that she is, 'beyond all possible doubt', a born writer.
In this, her second novel, (awarded the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore and extend the nature and boundaries of love.