Memoirs of a Midget - Softcover

De La Mare, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589880129 ISBN 13: 9781589880122

Verlag: Paul Dry Books, Inc, 2004

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Book by Walter de la Mare de la Mare Walter Lurie Alison

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""For centuries to come this book will inspire imaginative people"

Praise for Walter de la Mare and "Memoirs of a Midget"

"For centuries to come, this book will inspire imaginative people.Beyond all doubt, it will be an ingredient of future poetry."Rebecca West

"It may be read with a great deal of simple enjoyment and then it sticks like asplinter in the mind."Angela Carter

"It seems to me a perfect, utterly original novel, and no one but a poet could havewritten itThe book is totally idiosyncratic and yet there isn't a line you couldn'tidentify yourself with."Harry Mathews

"One of the strangest and most enchanting works of fiction ever written."Alison Lurie

"De la Mare's masterpieceIt acts upon the reader like a ghostly visitation, at once unsettling and revelatory.""Washington Post"

"Here is a great book.""New York Times Book Review"

"Sentences, pages, whole chapters cause us to catch our breath.""Atlantic Monthly"

"After a long period of neglect de la Mare may be beginning to be seen as the remarkable writer that he is."John Bayley, "New York Review of Books""

Praise for Walter de la Mare and Memoirs of a Midget

-For centuries to come, this book will inspire imaginative people. Beyond all doubt, it will be an ingredient of future poetry.---Rebecca West

-It may be read with a great deal of simple enjoyment and then it sticks like a splinter in the mind.---Angela Carter

-It seems to me a perfect, utterly original novel, and no one but a poet could have written it...The book is totally idiosyncratic and yet there isn't a line you couldn't identify yourself with.---Harry Mathews

-One of the strangest and most enchanting works of fiction ever written.---Alison Lurie

-De la Mare's masterpiece...It acts upon the reader like a ghostly visitation, at once unsettling and revelatory.---Washington Post

-Here is a great book.---New York Times Book Review

-Sentences, pages, whole chapters cause us to catch our breath.---Atlantic Monthly

-After a long period of neglect de la Mare may be beginning to be seen as the remarkable writer that he is.---John Bayley, New York Review of Books

Praise for Walter de la Mare and Memoirs of a Midget

"For centuries to come, this book will inspire imaginative people. Beyond all doubt, it will be an ingredient of future poetry."--Rebecca West

"It may be read with a great deal of simple enjoyment and then it sticks like a splinter in the mind."--Angela Carter

"It seems to me a perfect, utterly original novel, and no one but a poet could have written it...The book is totally idiosyncratic and yet there isn't a line you couldn't identify yourself with."--Harry Mathews

"One of the strangest and most enchanting works of fiction ever written."--Alison Lurie

"De la Mare's masterpiece...It acts upon the reader like a ghostly visitation, at once unsettling and revelatory."--Washington Post

"Here is a great book."--New York Times Book Review

"Sentences, pages, whole chapters cause us to catch our breath."--Atlantic Monthly

"After a long period of neglect de la Mare may be beginning to be seen as the remarkable writer that he is."--John Bayley, New York Review of Books

Reseña del editor:

"This fictional account of Miss M., a Victorian woman who is also a little person, offers a highly personalized narrative about being different in a world where such distinctiveness is viewed as a freakish handicap. With a ladylike sensibility, Miss M. conveys her feelings about being unable to participate in the activities of her friends and being treated as a curiosity. Concluding that she can either tolerate her difference or grow callous to it, Miss M. resolves to be independent by offering herself up as a spectacle for money. Unsettling and vivid, this allegory of difference offers readers an interior perspective on coping with diversity in a society wrought with expectation that a certain size is “normal” and all others are deviant."

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• Verlag: Paul Dry Books, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1589880129
• ISBN 13: 9781589880122
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 379