The Sign of the Fish
DESCRIPTION: The Sign of the Fish... This book is a study of the art of writing, considered from a writer's point of view and frequently illustrated by his own experiences. Not only does the author discuss many of the problems connected with the literary temperament - why do writers first begin to write? What, for certain types of mind, gives the unwritten page so deep a fascination? - but he draws vivid portraits of some of the poets and novelists he has encountered during the last thirty years. His subjects range from Robert Graves, then a rustic Georgian poet, Dame Edith Sitwell, sheathed in a garment of gold brocade, wearing a toque of gilded feathers, T S Eliot and Dylan Thomas, to George Moore, visited in Ebury Street, Andre Gide, seen at a Left Bank restaurant, and Madame Colette describing her impressions of the London populace and English country life.
AUTHOR: Peter Quennell
ISBN: B00188BVQA BINDING: hardcover PAGES: 255
Year: 1960 Size: 145mm x 216mm x 24mm Condition: Our book has SOLD. Check on Amazon for a new or used copy.
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