Olivia Manning : a woman at war / Deirdre David.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

David, Deirdre, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manning, Olivia.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Physical Description:

xvii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Olivia Manning: A Woman at War is the first literary biography of the twentieth-century novelist Olivia Manning. A timely, expert, and well-researched biography, this volume offers a vivid portrait of wartime survival and of London literary life from the 1950s through to the 1970s. Grounded in thorough research and enriched by discussion of previously unexamined manuscripts and letters, Olivia Manning: A Woman at War is a timely study of Olivia Manning's remarkable life. Deirdre David integrates incisive critical analysis of Manning s writing with extensive discussion of the historical contexts of her fiction. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Laburnum Grove 16

2 The Most Terrifying City in the World 37

3 Bucharest 66

4 Escaping the Barbarians 93

5 The Dark Side of the World 120

6 Going Home 155

7 Writing in Austerity 188

8 The 'Booksey Boys' and the Woman Writer 219

9 Watching History 251

10 A Strange Decade 284

11 A Deteriorating World 312

12 The Battle Won 340

13 The Stray Survivor 368.

ISBN:

9780199609185

0199609187

OCLC:

825100042