Beyond The Glass
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Evelyn Waugh called her one of the very best novelists of the day - a title she still deserves' Carol Shields
Antonia White Boeken
1 maart 1899 – 10 april 1980
Antonia Whites fictie verkende vaak de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en familiedynamiek, geplaatst in buitengewone persoonlijke omstandigheden. Haar personages, katholiek of niet-katholiek, worstelden met interne conflicten en wederzijdse invloeden die voortkwamen uit hun achtergrond en onvolledige zelfkennis. White doordrenkte haar werk met haar eigen strijd tegen psychische ziekte, die ze "Het Beest" noemde, en een aanhoudend gevoel van falen. Ze gaf openlijk toe dat het creatieve proces voor haar geen bron van vreugde was, maar eerder een strijd tegen zelftwijfel en "oude verschrikkingen", die haar dwongen haar eigen bestaan als schrijfster te bewijzen.
Antonia White was devoted to her cats throughout her life - as she wrote the famous Frost in May Quartet, they were her constant (and disruptive) companions. In the delightful Minka and Curdy, she fictionalised her experiences.
The Lost Traveller
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Antonia White's sustained portrayal of Clara's budding into womanhood is a masterpiece' The Boston Globe
The Sugar House
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- 9 uur lezen
Evelyn Waugh called her one of the very best novelists of the day - a title she still deserves' Carol Shields
'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail' - Hermione Lee, Observer With a new introduction by Tessa Hadley Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her desires and passions become only those the school permits. Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes. Convent life is perfectly captured - the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of Nanda's school friends. Books in the VMC 40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White; The Collected Stories of Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann; Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith; The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; Heartburn by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy; Memento Mori by Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame
