The House in Clewe Street: A Family Story of Irish Small-town Life
by Lavin, Mary
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very nice copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Penguin, 1949. 1st ed. thus. Very nice copy. small octavo. chipped dust jacket 500pp., Penguin 693. Very nice copy in bright card covers with a nice unclipped dust jacket with small loss at head & foot of spine
Reviews
On Jul 22 2018, The Old Library Bookshop said:
When I was a young woman in my 30's, I discovered Mary Lavin's short stories, and it was love at first read. This book, Lavin's first full-length novel, left me a bit cold. The young protagonist, Gabriel, is raised by his two aunts and their youngest sister--Gabriel's mother--in relative affluence in a small Irish village. Aunt Theresa is angry and inflexible and rules the house with an iron hand. Gabriel is acquiescent until he falls for the young housemaid Onny. Lavin allows Gabriel to go on for many pages ruminating on ethics, in a style typical of a 1945 novel, one that is, however, somewhat out of sync with the sensibilities of the 21st century reader. I find Lavin much more effective when employing the pithiness of narrative that a short story demands than in the expansiveness of a sprawling novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156288
- Title
- The House in Clewe Street: A Family Story of Irish Small-town Life
- Author
- Lavin, Mary
- Book Condition
- Used - Very nice copy
- Edition
- 1st ed. thus
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- small octavo
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