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Collected Letters Of Katherine Mansfield : Volume 4 : 1920-1921
Hardback Edition: 1
From her Chekovian acceptance that 'they are cutting down the cherry trees' she derives a toughexistential directness: 'the little boat enters the dark, fearful gulf...Nobody listens. The shadowy figure rows on. One ought to sit still and uncover one's eyes.' There is a determined push - not always successful - towards a necessary honesty, as much as to artistic achievement; while those qualitiesof her earlier correspondence remain undiminished - the precision and directness, the intelligence and wit, the dark incisiveness as much as sheer fun. Above all, perhaps, these letters comprise a record of very considerable courage, against increasingly adverse odds, as they approach the final years of her life.
Pages : 392
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Publication date : 1996-03-23
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