Английская Википедия:A Far Cry from Kensington
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A Far Cry from Kensington is a novel (roman à clef) by British author Muriel Spark, published in 1988.
Plot introduction
Set in 1954, it is narrated by Agnes (known as Nancy) Hawkins; a young war widow lodging in a rooming house in South Kensington and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is receiving various threatening letters, and on Hector Bartlett, who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job. "Muriel Spark was trolled in her lifetime by an ex-lover who, by all accounts, was a pretty despicable character. This novel is her revenge on him."[1] The story also features the pseudoscience of radionics.
Reception
Writing in The New York Times, Robert Plunkett declared that A Far Cry from Kensington was Muriel Spark's "most delightful novel in years", writing "the best way to convey the pleasure this novel gives is to compare it to a wonderful old Alec Guinness movie, something along the lines of The Lavender Hill Mob. True, it follows the rules of art right down the line and illuminates the human condition, etc. But it also meets a trickier challenge, that of being superb entertainment."[2]
Publication history
- 1988, UK, Constable, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date 21 Mar 1988, hardback
- 1988, US, Houghton Mifflin, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date Jul 1988, hardback
- 1988, Canada, Viking, Шаблон:ISBN, hardback
- 1989, UK, Thorndike Press, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date Mar 1989, large print (h/b)
- 1989, UK, Penguin, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date 25 May 1989, paperback
- 1990, US, Avon, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date Jan 1990, paperback
- 1990, UK, Chivers, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date Mar 1990, large print (h/b)
- 1991, US, Listening Library, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date, Dec 1991, Audio cassette, read by Eleanor Bron
- 2000, UK, New Direction, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date 10 Oct 2000, paperback
- 2008, UK, Virago, Шаблон:ISBN, pub date 1 May 2008, hardback
- 2009, UK, Virago, Шаблон:ISBN, pug date 05 Nov 2009, paperback
- 2011, UK, Blackstone, ISBN various, Audio CD/Cassette/MP3, read by Pamela Garelick
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Strange Men and Entertaining Women, Robert Plunkett, New York Times, July 31, 1988
- ↑ www.fantasticfiction.co.uk
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- Novels about office work
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