"the Coming Day and Other Stories (Paperback)

These new stories -- one novella-length, six shorter -- testify to Edward Upward's continuing creativity into his mid-nineties. They interweave elements from every period of his work: railway accidents and Kafkaesque dreams recall his earliest; concern for the survival of humanity maintains the left-wing commitment of his middle years; and the more contemplative note of his later writings now deepens with the themes of aging, bereavement, and death. The protagonists are threatened by a malevolent state and socio-political violence but are sustained by visions of a better future and the restorative of sexual love. The precise observation and lucid dialogue which always marked Upward's fiction, still makes a powerful impression. The title story is about Cedric, who absconds from a residential home and crosses the divide from reality to fantasy. His picaresque journey takes him to such places as an abattoir hung with human corpses; a football riot; and a private school run by a pedophile.

General

Imprint:	Enitharmon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2000
First published:	September 2000
Authors:	Edward Upward
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-1-900564-61-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-900564-61-0
Barcode:	9781900564618

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