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Rope of Vines
Brenda Chamberlain
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Description for Rope of Vines
Paperback. A personal account of the time spent by the author on the Greek Island of Ydra in the early 1960's. It pictures sea and harbour, mountain and monastery, and the author's neighbours and friends. Illustrator(s): Chamberlain, Brenda. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 148 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 3JJPK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
"A Rope of Vines Journal from a Greek Island" is a beautiful and personal account of the time spent by Brenda Chamberlain on the Greek Island of Ydra in the early 1960's. Sea and harbour, mountain and monastery, her neighbours and friends are unforgettably pictured; these were the reality outside herself while within there was a conflict of emotion and warring desires. Joy and woe are woven fine in this record: the delight of a multitude of fresh experiences thronging to the senses, the suffering from which she emerges with new understanding of herself and human existence. Both in the ... Read more
"A Rope of Vines Journal from a Greek Island" is a beautiful and personal account of the time spent by Brenda Chamberlain on the Greek Island of Ydra in the early 1960's. Sea and harbour, mountain and monastery, her neighbours and friends are unforgettably pictured; these were the reality outside herself while within there was a conflict of emotion and warring desires. Joy and woe are woven fine in this record: the delight of a multitude of fresh experiences thronging to the senses, the suffering from which she emerges with new understanding of herself and human existence. Both in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Library of Wales
Condition
New
Number of Pages
165
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905762866
SKU
V9781905762866
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Ref
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About Brenda Chamberlain
Brenda Chamberlain was born at Bangor in 1912. In 1931 she went to train as a painter at the Royal Academy Schools in London and five years later, after marrying the artist-craftsman John Petts, settled in Caernarfonshire. During the Second World War she worked with her husband on the production of the Caseg Broadsheets. In 1947 she ... Read more
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