These stories (one novella-length, six shorter) testify to Edward Upward's continuing creativity into his mid-nineties. They interweave elements from every period of his work: railway accidents and Kafkaesque dreams recall his earliest; concern for the survival of humanity maintains the left-wing commitment of his middle years; and the more contemplative note of his later writing now deepens with the themes of ageing, bereavement and death. The protagonists are threatened by a malevolent state and socio-political violence, but sustained by visions of a better future and the restorative of sexual love. The precise observation and lucid dialogue that always marked Upward's fiction still make a powerful impression.
- ISBN13 9781900564021
- Publish Date 1 March 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Enitharmon Press
- Edition Limited signed edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 152
- Language English