Synopses & Reviews
Combining poignancy and sincerity with irony and subversiveness, a selection of essaysincluding one published for the first time here in more than 60 years
This new selection of Llewelyn Powys's essays attempts to illustrate both the evolution of the author's thought and writing and the incredible breadth and variety of his interests. At once personal and universal, the 28 pieces contained in this volume tackle themes such as happiness and nature while also celebrating rationalism as an alternative to dogma and religion. With locales ranging from colonial Africa to the author's native Dorset, Llewelyn Powys's essays should cement his reputation as one of his generation's finest stylists, alongside his brothers William Cowper Powys and T.F. Powys.
About the Author
Llewelyn Powys (1884 1939) was a British writer, and the author of A Baker's Dozen, Earth Memories, Ebody & Ivory, Love and Death, Rats in the Sacristy, Thirteen Worthies, and The Twelve Months.