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The Secret History of Modernism (Panther)
C. K. Stead
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Hardcover. The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. "The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. Clean copy. Fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper"
The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. The Empire was collapsing, yet young "colonials", for whom England remained a mythical place, were still drawn there from its farthest corners. Samantha Conlan had come from Sydney, ostensibly fleeing an affair with married Freddy Goldstein, a Holocaust survivor. But Samantha knows Freddy will come to London; and as she waits for him, she continues her peculiar research into the great writers of the time, in a research project that she names "The Secret ... Read more
The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. The Empire was collapsing, yet young "colonials", for whom England remained a mythical place, were still drawn there from its farthest corners. Samantha Conlan had come from Sydney, ostensibly fleeing an affair with married Freddy Goldstein, a Holocaust survivor. But Samantha knows Freddy will come to London; and as she waits for him, she continues her peculiar research into the great writers of the time, in a research project that she names "The Secret ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Series
Panther S.
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860469312
SKU
KOC0025124
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Ref
99-1
About C. K. Stead
C. K. Stead was Professor of English at the University of Auckland until 1986. The Secret History of Modernism is his ninth novel. He has also published two volumes of short stories and ten volumes of poetry, along with several volumes of criticism. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Reviews for The Secret History of Modernism (Panther)
"It seems incontestable to me that C. K. Stead is among the very best contemporary novelists" John De Falbe, Spectator; "The sweep of Stead's narrative pays dividends: there's a wistful nostalgia, a sense that hanging onto the past is itself a curse" Nigel Cliff, The Times of Talking about O'Dwyer