At The Bay

by Katherine Mansfield

2021-01-08 07:58:55

A brilliant modernist classic--now available for the first time in a stand-alone editionThis dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer''s day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed as "one of the great mode... Read more
A brilliant modernist classic--now available for the first time in a stand-alone edition

This dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer''s day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed as "one of the great modernist writers. Virginia Woolf said of Mansfield, hers was "the only writing I have ever been jealous of."

A modernist master of cool precision and extraordinary delicacy, Mansfield wrote about family life with a sharp radicalism, and At the Bay is one of her greatest works. Told in thirteen parts, beginning early in the morning and ending at dusk, At the Bay captures both the Burnell family''s intricate web of relatives and friends, and the dreamy, unassuming natural beauty of Crescent Bay.

Haunting but ever understated, At the Bay is as timeless novella, and a testament to Mansfield''s remarkable powers. Less

Book Details

File size7 X 5 X 0.2 in
Print pages64
PublisherMelville House
Publication date December 6, 2016
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781612195834
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (14 Oct 1888 – 9 Jan 1923) was a prominent modernist writer who was born and brought up in New Zealand. She wrote short stories and poetry under the pen name Katherine Mansf...

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