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Winter in the Air
'Masterpieces: hand yourself over to be enchanted.' (Guardian)
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Winter in the Air
This Christmas, bask in these 'diminutive masterpieces'(Guardian) by the English genius behind Lolly Willowes.
This Christmas, 'hand yourself over to be enchanted' (Guardian) by the English genius behind witchcraft classic Lolly Willowes.
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One of our finest writers. - Neil Gaiman
One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years. - Sarah Waters
Diminutive masterpieces ... Hand yourself over to be enchanted. - Guardian
Extraordinary, lucid wildness. - Helen MacDonald
Glinting perfection - The Times
Decades after her divorce, a lady returns to the village of her tumultuous marriage. A railway carriage hosts a charged schoolboy encounter. A murder raises fears of blackmail. A woman waits anxiously in a café before eloping to Paris. Another steals a friend's kitchen knife.
In these bittersweet tales, the author of Lolly Willowes reveals her mastery of the short story, celebrated by the New Yorker for decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner is a tragicomic chronicler of the heart's entanglements, from marriages and affairs to widowhood; and a champion of outsiders, whether single women, the elderly or wartime refugees.
Witty and subversive, her stories meld tradition and transgression, with secret sins and fetishes as much a feature of English life as eccentric aunts, country houses and parish churches.
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Winter in the Air is highly praised for its originality, elegance, and unique charm, captivating critics with its hypnotically strange and beautiful prose. Described as both witty and poetic, Sylvia Townsend Warner's writing is hailed as genius by notable authors and critics. Her work is considered idiosyncratic, courageous, and versatile, and her storytelling is regarded as acute and intelligent, offering a distinct and captivating reading experience.
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ISBN: 9780571375462
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 November 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 230g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was a poet, novelist,journalist and musicologist. She grew up in Devonshireand was home-schooled for her rebellious behaviour. AfterWorld War II disrupted her musical studies, she moved toLondon to work in a munitions factory. With her partnerValentine Ackland, whom she lived with from 1930 untilher death, Warner was active in the Communist Party in thefight against fascism and served in the Red Cross during theSpanish Civil War. She wrote her acclaimed debut, LollyWillowes, in 1926, followed by six more novels and hundredsof stories and political articles.
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