Horner, Avril
Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence
- ISBN 13:
- 9781526173744
- author:
- Horner, Avril
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 372
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Barbara Comyns: A Life of Resilience and Creative Expression This biography offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of Barbara Comyns, a pioneering writer who deftly captured the complexities of human experience. Despite facing hardship and single-motherhood at a young age, Comyns went on to publish a sequence of novels that are unique in the English language. Through hundreds of unpublished letters, this biography sheds new light on Comyns's life and work, revealing a resourceful and witty woman who transformed her bleak episodes into compelling fictions. From her early days as an artist's model to her later success as a writer, Comyns's story is one of resilience and creative expression. This timely reassessment of Comyns's literary contribution provides a fresh perspective on her life and work, making it an essential read for anyone interested in 20th-century literature.
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