Anthony Powell
From a View to a Death
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226132969
- author:
- Anthony Powell
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 1.5 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Anthony Powell's From a View to a Death is a witty and insightful novel that explores the foibles of British high society between the wars. Delivered with a dry wit, this social satire builds its comedies around the quirks of its characters, delving into subjects such as psychoanalysis, the film industry, and publishing. The novel's eccentric cast of characters commingle in a dilapidated country estate, where an ambitious artist navigates his uncertain talent alongside a family of landed aristocrats struggling to make ends meet. Powell's piercing insights reveal the universal themes that would become a hallmark of his work: pride, greed, and what drives people to behave as they do. Achingly hilarious, human, and true, From a View to a Death is a masterful exploration of relationships, vanity, and the human condition.
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