A Struggle for Life

Résumé du livre

Combining poignancy and sincerity with irony and subversiveness, a selection of essaysincluding one published for the first timehere inmore than60 yearsThisnew 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, the28 pieces contained in this volumetackle themes such as happiness and nature while alsocelebrating rationalism as an alternative to dogma and religion. With locales ranging from colonial Africa to the author's native Dorset, Llewelyn Powys's essaysshould cement his reputation as one of his generation's finest stylists, alongside his brothers William Cowper Powys and T.F. Powys."