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From a View to a Death (Paperback, abridged edition)
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From a View to a Death (Paperback, abridged edition)
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Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for
Freud-such are the oddballs whose antics animate these early novels
from the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social
satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds his comedies on
the foibles of British high society between the wars, delving into
subjects as various as psychoanalysis, the film industry,
publishing, and (of course) sex. More explorations of relationships
and vanity than plot-driven narratives, these slim novels reveal
the early stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and
eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in Powell's epic.
A Dance to the Music of Time. From a View to a Death takes us to a
dilapidated country estate where an ambitious artist of
questionable talent, a family of landed aristocrats wondering where
the money has gone, and a secretly cross-dressing squire all
commingle among the ruins. In Agents and Patients, we return to
London with the newly wealthy Blore-Smith: an innocent, decent
enough chap...and a drip who falls victim to two con artists. In
What's Become of Waring, Powell lampoons a world with which he was
intimately acquainted: the inner workings of a small London
publisher. Filled with eccentric characters and piercing insights,
Powell's work is achingly hilarious, human, and true.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2014 |
First published: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Anthony Powell
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Dimensions: |
55 x 85 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
abridged edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-13296-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-226-13296-X |
Barcode: |
9780226132969 |
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