No Signposts In The Sea (Paperback, New Ed)

First published in 1961, this is Vita Sackville-West's final novel before her death in 1962, and it's a fitting farewell. Edmund Carr sets sail on what will be his first and last cruise. Given only months to live by his doctor, he leaves behind his job as a respected journalist and follows the beautiful and intelligent Laura Drysdale, who, to Edmund, is the perfect woman. Edmund and Laura spend time together watching storms and sunsets and discussing the issues that matter to them. Yet, despite their developing friendship, Laura remains unaware of Edmund's illness. While on board she starts a friendship with Colonel Dalrymple, leaving Edmund with feelings of jealousy and confusion. He is forced to re-evaluate his values and his life up until now, and unable to confess his true feelings to Laura he records his journey in a diary written with candour and sensitivity. At times the novel feels dated, particularly with regard to its social prejudices, but that apart it is a tragic and moving tale of love against the odds. We learn early on the meaning behind the title and Sackville-West allows her reader no doubt about the consequences of leaving things until it is too late. A touching and elegiac work. (Kirkus UK)

Edmund Carr is at sea in more ways than one. An eminent journalist and self-made man, he has recently discovered that he has only a short time to live. Leaving his job on a Fleet Street paper, he takes a passage on a cruise ship where he knows that Laura, a beautiful and intelligent widow whom he secretly admires, will be a fellow passenger. Exhilarated by the distant vista of exotic islands never to be visited and his conversations with Laura, Edmund finds himself rethinking all his values. A voyage on many levels, those long purposeless days at sea find Edumnd relinquishing the past as he discovers the joys and the pain of a love he is simultaneously determined to conceal.

General

Imprint:	Virago Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Virago Modern Classics
Release date:	December 1985
First published:	December 1985
Authors:	Vita Sackville-West
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	155
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-86068-578-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-86068-578-0
Barcode:	9780860685784

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