The Fountain Overflows (Paperback)

The lives of the talented Aubrey children have long been clouded by their father's genius for instability, but his new job in the London suburbs promises, for a time at least, reprieve from scandal and the threat of ruin. Mrs. Aubrey, a former concert pianist, struggles to keep the family afloat, but then she is something of a high-strung eccentric herself, as is all too clear to her daughter Rose, through whose loving but sometimes cruel eyes events are seen. Still, living on the edge holds the promise of the unexpected, and the Aubreys, who encounter furious poltergeists, turn up hidden masterpieces, and come to the aid of a murderess, will find that they have adventure to spare.
In "The Fountain Overflows," a 1957 best seller, Rebecca West transmuted her own volatile childhood into enduring art. This is an unvarnished but affectionate picture of an extraordinary family, in which a remarkable stylist and powerful intelligence surveys the elusive boundaries of childhood and adulthood, freedom and dependency, the ordinary and the occult.

General

Imprint:	The New York Review Of Books, Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	December 2002
Authors:	Rebecca West
Introduction by:	Andrea Barrett
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-59017-034-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	1-59017-034-2
Barcode:	9781590170342

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