Casanova's Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Casanova's Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time. GUARDIANA Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Anthony Powells universally acclaimed epic creates a rich panorama of twentieth-century London.He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time. GUARDIANA Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.In this fifth volume, Nick Jenkins finally seems to be settling down and enjoying the life he has made for himself in London. However, the same cannot be said of his friends, who are each dealing with their own drama and heartache. The composer Hugh Moreland is risking his marriage for a pointless affair, while, Nicks old school pal Stringham has nearly destroyed himself with drink. But with the rumblings of war getting louder and nearer, the future is starting to look uncertain for all of them. Notes The fifth novel in Anthony Powells brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time Author Biography Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000. Review One of the great novel-sequences in English Literature – a wonderful portrait of society, full of insight into the complexities of human behaviour, richly detailed and shrewdly funny.Discovering Anthony Powells "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been one of the greatest pleasures of my reading life. The cool elegance of the prose, the deliciously dry humour, the confident choreography of his characters make for an incomparable treat. -- Michael Palin"A Dance To The Music of Time" is an epic, elegant masterpiece, so full of lightness and comedy that youre unprepared for how it quietly wrecks your heart. -- Lauren GroffPowells novel sequence is at once a rich chronicle of 20th-century English social life and an intricately wrought work of art. It is also extremely funny, in its sly fashion.The novels of Powells "A Dance to the Music of Time" themselves move hand in hand in intricate measure through the last century, bearing wisdom and understanding for the present. In an ever-quicker, ever-shallower world, his steadiness and wit reliably escort the reader into depth and patience. Nobody gives pattern to the spectacle of human existence like Powell. -- Louisa YoungReading "A Dance to the Music of Time" was such a joyous experience, I remember wishing thered been more than twelve volumes. -- Roddy DoyleA masterful stylist and a wise, often hilarious observer of human nature and his times, Anthony Powell is an under-appreciated literary gem. The pleasures and dramas of the "Dance" continue to illuminate daily life. -- Claire MessudI re-read the "Dance" every five years or so and always find something new – the world has changed but the characters are evergreen. Everybody has a Widmerpool in their life. -- Daisy GoodwinHe has wit, style, and panache, in a world where those qualities are in permanently short supply * The New York Review of Books *[A] comic masterpiece * Irish Times * Promotional The fifth novel in Anthony Powells brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME. Review Text One of the great novel-sequences in English Literature - a wonderful portrait of society, full of insight into the complexities of human behaviour, richly detailed and shrewdly funny. Review Quote "I think it is now becoming clear thatA Dance to the Music of Timeis going to become the greatest modern novel since Ulysses." -Clive James "I would rather read Mr Powell than any English novelist now writing." -Kingsley Amis Promotional "Headline" The fifth novel in Anthony Powells brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME. Details ISBN0099472449 Author Anthony Powell Series Dance to the Music of Time S. Year 2005 ISBN-10 0099472449 ISBN-13 9780099472445 Format Paperback Publication Date 2005-03-03 Imprint Arrow Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.912 Death 2000 Media Book Publisher Cornerstone Language English Pages 272 Series Number 5 UK Release Date 2005-03-03 AU Release Date 2005-03-03 NZ Release Date 2005-03-03 Translator Robert Chandler Edited by Ana Sofia Ribeiro Birth 1970 Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Audience General Alternative 9781407090597 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145044853;

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