The corner that held them
(Book)

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Harman, Claire, writer of introduction.
Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2019].
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 399 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English

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Description
Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them is a historical novel like no other, one that immerses the reader in the dailiness of history, rather than history as the given sequence of events that, in time, it comes to seem. Time ebbs and flows and characters come and go in this novel, set in the era of the Black Death, about a Benedictine convent of no great note. The nuns do their chores, and seek to maintain and improve the fabric of their house and chapel, and struggle with each other and with themselves. The book that emerges is a picture of a world run by women but also a story-stirring, disturbing, witty, utterly entrancing-of a community. What is the life of a community and how does it support, or constrain, a real humanity? How do we live through it and it through us? These are among the deep questions that lie behind this rare triumph of the novelist's art. -- from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Warner, S. T., & Harman, C. (2019). The corner that held them . New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978 and Claire, Harman. 2019. The Corner That Held Them. New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978 and Claire, Harman. The Corner That Held Them New York Review Books, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Warner, Sylvia Townsend, and Claire Harman. The Corner That Held Them New York Review Books, 2019.

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