Wood and Stone was John Cowper Powys' first novel published in 1915. It is no prentice-work however — the author was already in his forties.
The novel is set in the area of south Somerset that John Cowper Powys grew up in. The village of...
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Ducdame was John Cowper Powys' fourth novel published in 1925. It is set in Dorset. The protagonist, Rook Ashover (a wonderfully Powysian name) is an introverted young squire with a dilemma: to go on loving his mistress, Netta Page, or, make a...
Ця книга — не що інше, як пристрасний гімн любові, яка прагне довершеності й гине, не в змозі її досягнути. Інтенсивність, з якою почуття...
Мне жаль, что нынешний Юз-прозаик, даже – представьте себе, романист – романист, поставим так ударение, – как-то заслонил его раннюю...
Прочитав роман «Грозовой перевал», Данте Габриэль Россетти написал другу: «Действие происходит в аду, но места, неизвестно почему,...
First published in 1956, this is a powerful portrayal of a middle-class Egyptian family confronted by material, moral, and spiritual problems during World War...
Същински вълшебник на перото Питър Бийгъл е автор на бестселъри, които вече са класика в стила фентъзи — „Последният еднорог“,...
A feverish classic from one of the modern masters of French prose.
No one can keep up with Pierre Niox, the speediest antiques dealer in Paris, although not necessarily the most competent. As he dashes about at a dizzying pace, his impatience...
After My Fashion has an unusual publishing history. Although it was John Cowper Powys third novel written in 1920, it wasn't published until 1980. It seems that when his US publisher turned it down Powys made no effort to place it elsewhere. Indeed,...
Touted as one of Korea’s most important works of fiction, Three Generations (published in 1931 as a serial in Chosun Ilbo) charts the tensions in the Jo family in 1930s Japanese occupied Seoul. Yom’s keenly observant eye reveals family tensions...