Beyond The Glass
- 312pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Evelyn Waugh called her one of the very best novelists of the day - a title she still deserves' Carol Shields
Antonia White Livres
1 mars 1899 – 10 avril 1980
La fiction d'Antonia White explorait souvent les complexités des relations humaines et des dynamiques familiales, dans des circonstances personnelles extraordinaires. Ses personnages, qu'ils soient catholiques ou non, étaient aux prises avec des conflits intérieurs et des influences mutuelles découlant de leur passé et d'une compréhension incomplète d'eux-mêmes. White insufflait dans son œuvre ses propres luttes contre la maladie mentale, qu'elle appelait "La Bête", et un sentiment persistant d'échec. Elle admit franchement que le processus créatif n'était pas pour elle une source de joie, mais plutôt une bataille contre les doutes et les "anciennes terreurs", la forçant à prouver sa propre existence en tant qu'écrivaine.
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
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Antonia White's sustained portrayal of Clara's budding into womanhood is a masterpiece' The Boston Globe
The Sugar House
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
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
