|
|
|
Item Details
Title:
|
IN PARENTHESIS
INTRODUCTION BY T.S.ELIOT |
By: |
David Jones |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
|
£17.99 |
Our price: |
£13.13 |
Discount: |
|
You save:
|
£4.86 |
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0571259804 |
ISBN 13: |
9780571259809 |
Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days.
Delivery
rates
|
Stock: |
Currently 8 available |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
5 August, 2010 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
Deals with the experience of one soldier in the war of 1914-18. This book tells about War, and about various other things, such as Roman Britain, the Arthurian Legend, and diverse matters which are given association by the mind of the author. |
Synopsis: |
'"In Parenthesis" was first published in London in 1937. I am proud to share the responsibility for that first publication. On reading the book in typescript I was deeply moved. I then regarded it, and still regard it, as a work of genius...Here is a book about the experience of one soldier in the war of 1914-18. It is also a book about War, and about many other things also, such as Roman Britain, the Arthurian Legend, and diverse matters which are given association by the mind of the writer' - T.S. Eliot. 'This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of: with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work that is among the most powerful imaginative efforts to grapple with the carnage of the First World War. Fusing poetry and prose, gutter talk and high music, wartime terror and ancient myth, Jones, who served as an infantryman on the Western Front, presents a picture at once panoramic and intimate of a world of interminable waiting and unforeseen death. And yet throughout he remains alert to the flashes of humanity that light up the wasteland of war' - W.S. Merwin. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|