Anna Kavan

I Am Lazarus (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1945, the stories collected under the title I Am Lazarus are a brilliant summation of the war experiences of Anna Kavan in Blitz-era London, working among invalided soldiers at a 'military neurosis centre’ in Mill Hill. Kavan’s view of the capital and some of its war victims in this momentous era are typically original and oblique: 'Lazarus’ is a patient revived from catatonia who somehow remains institutionalized; the Blitz spirit is coolly stripped of cheeriness and never-say-die in 'Glorious Boys and 'Our City’; there is a Hithcockian horror story in 'The Gannets’, while in 'Who Has Desired The Sea’ and 'The Blackout’ the 'shell-shocked’ have ultimately only seen war exacerbate old, long-suppressed psychological wounds. Chilling but compassionate classics, the I Am Lazarus collection, republished now after many years, are essential documents of the time - and of Anna Kavan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Owen LTD
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780720615302
• Artikelnr.: 39475803

Autorenporträt

Anna Kavan (1901-1968) was a novelist, short story writer, and painter. Her works include Asylum Piece, Ice, and Sleep Has His House. She has been often compared to Djuna Barnes, Franz Kafka, Anaïs Nin, and Virginia Woolf. She was a long-term heroin addict and suffered periodic bouts of mental illness, and these facets of her life feature prominently in her novels and short stories.