Unclay

by T. F. Powys

John Gray (Introduction)

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"First published in 1931, the spellbinding novel Unclay glows with an unworldly light. Death has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local mortals and the fatal word unclay upon it. When he loses the precious sheet, he is at a loss, and also free of his errand. Hungry to taste the sweet fruits of human life, Mr. John Death, as he is now known, takes a holiday in Dorsetshire and rests from his reaping. The startlingly alive natural world basks in summer loveliness, but the village teems with the old sins (lust, avarice, greed)--as well as some loving-kindness. What unfolds is a witty, earthy, metaphysical, and delicious novel of astonishing beauty and moral force"--
  • ISBN13 9780955152368
  • Publish Date 11 July 2008
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The Sundial Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Language English