The Sugar House
- 256 stránek
- 9 hodin čtení
Evelyn Waugh called her one of the very best novelists of the day - a title she still deserves' Carol Shields
Antonia White Pořadí knih
1. březen 1899 – 10. duben 1980
Antonia Whiteová byla autorkou, jejíž beletristická tvorba se často zabývala složitými mezilidskými vztahy a rodinnými tématy, zasazenými do neobvyklých osobních situací. Její postavy, ať už s katolickým nebo nekatolickým původem, se potýkaly s vnitřními konflikty a vzájemným ovlivňováním, pramenící z jejich rodinného zázemí a neúplného sebepoznání. Whiteová vkládala do svých děl vlastní zkušenosti s psychickým onemocněním, které nazývala „Zvíře“, a s pocity selhání. Sama přiznala, že tvůrčí proces pro ni nebyl zdrojem radosti, ale spíše bojem s pochybnostmi a „starými hrůzami“, které ji nutilo si dokazovat vlastní existenci jako spisovatelky.
- 2006
- 2006
The Lost Traveller
- 320 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
Antonia White's sustained portrayal of Clara's budding into womanhood is a masterpiece' The Boston Globe
- 2006
Beyond The Glass
- 312 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
Evelyn Waugh called her one of the very best novelists of the day - a title she still deserves' Carol Shields
- 1999
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.
- 1985
- 1934
'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
