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THE HOLIDAY (VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS)
ISBN: 0860680673
ISBN 13: 9780860680673
Author: STEVIE SMITH
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication Date: Jun 01, 2001
Pages: 202
ISBN 13: 9780860680673
Author: STEVIE SMITH
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication Date: Jun 01, 2001
Pages: 202
Book Summary
Celia lives in a London suburb with her beloved aunt in the post-war England of 1949. Witty, fragile, quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love ‹ for her friends, her colleagues, her relations, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. There they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love, and hate. Wild humor alternates with waves of melancholy as Celia obsessively ponders the inevitable anguish of love. In this entrancing autobiographical tale, Stevie Smith captures the paradox of pain in all human affections.
Celia lives in a London suburb with her beloved aunt in the post-war England of 1949. Witty, fragile, quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love ‹ for her friends, her colleagues, her relations, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. There they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love, and hate. Wild humor alternates with waves of melancholy as Celia obsessively ponders the inevitable anguish of love. In this entrancing autobiographical tale, Stevie Smith captures the paradox of pain in all human affections.
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