Invitation To The Dance
a Handbook to Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time
$38.15
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2005
Summary
An invaluable companion to A Dance to the Music of Time
A unique reference book for all fans of Anthony Powell’s 12-volume novel, A Dance to the Music of Time, which has become a literary landmark of twentieth-century writing. More than a simple glossary, Invitation to the Dance contains extensive Character, Book, Painting and Place indices, creating a magnificent database of Powell’s imagination and England’s cultural landscape. This is a masterpiece of ‘ex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099484363 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099484366 |
| Author: | Hilary Spurling |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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Hilary Spurling’s exhaustive analysis of the novel’s characters supplies a master-key for the reader
Hilary Spurling’s exhaustive analysis of the novel’s characters supplies a master-key for the reader – Anthony Powell
About The Author
Hilary Spurling
Hilary Spurling won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for The Early Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1919, and the Duff Cooper Prize and Heinemann Award for Secrets of a Woman’s Heart- The Later Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1920-1969. She is also the author of Elinor Fettiplace’s Receipt Book, Paper Spirits and The Girl from the Fiction Department- A Portrait of Sonia Orwell. She has been Arts and Literary Editor of the Spectator, and a regular reviewer for the Observer, the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph.
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