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Afternoon Men - A Novel
Anthony Powell
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Dimension: 215 x 149. Weight in Grams: 290.
Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would become a substantial part of his oeuvre: pride, greed, and the strange drivers of human behavior.
More explorations of relationships and vanity than plot-driven narratives, Powell's early works reveal the stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in his epic, A Dance to the Music of Time.
In Afternoon Men, the earliest and perhaps most acid of Powell's ... Read more
Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would become a substantial part of his oeuvre: pride, greed, and the strange drivers of human behavior.
More explorations of relationships and vanity than plot-driven narratives, Powell's early works reveal the stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in his epic, A Dance to the Music of Time.
In Afternoon Men, the earliest and perhaps most acid of Powell's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Language
English
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226186894
SKU
V9780226186894
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