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A Spirit Rises (Paperback, Main)
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A Spirit Rises (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R440
Discovery Miles 4 400
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The original U.S. blurb says it well, '. . .But some readers
consider her short stories the best vehicle for her impeccable
craftsmanship, her peerless ability to sketch in a few deft lines a
man or woman in a brief moment of destiny - tragic, comic, absurd
or moving. These fourteen new stories are once again evidence of
her wit and irony, her grace and poise.' A Spirit Rises comprises
fourteen stories: Youth and the Lady; The Locum Tenens; The Fifth
of November; A Question of Disposal; Barnby Robinson; In a Shaken
House; The Old Nun; Randolph; On Living for Others; A Dressmaker; A
Spirit Rises; The Snow Guest; During a Winter Night; A Work of Art.
Many of the stories first appeared in The New Yorker which makes
the dedication to William Maxwell all the more appropriate. A
Spirit Rises is one of four collections of Sylvia Townsend Warner's
short stories that Faber Finds are reissuing: Winter in the Air; A
Spirit Rises; A Stranger with a Bag; Scenes of Childhood. 'Miss
Townsend Warner, as always, comes up to scratch with the sheer
caress of her style. The stories in A Spirit Rises, private,
utterly leisured, are like charades played by angels - albeit
rather sardonic ones, and in a slightly unreal hothouse. The choice
and rhythm of her words are not to be wolfed; be patient, keep the
mind free to wander on a quickening phrase or a squint of humour.'
David Hughes, Sunday Times
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