A Girl in WinterA Girl in Winter is the moving and enigmatic story of Katherine LInd, a European woman in wartime England. The vicious winter weather has paralyzed the countryside; the emotions of Katherine are frozen as well, as fear and loneliness increase her sense of isolation. By splicing the story of Katherine's sunlit 16th summer in between the halves of a single winter day on which the suitor of her youth returns to her present life, Larkin illuminates the process by which we learn to decipher and accommodate the longings of the heart. |
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Philip Larkin. a girl in winter a novel by Philip Larkin Most novels are ephemeral ; they are read and forgotten ... Philip Larkin's A Girl in Winter is a notable example . When it was first published in England discerning critics at once ...
Philip Larkin. a girl in winter a novel by Philip Larkin Most novels are ephemeral ; they are read and forgotten ... Philip Larkin's A Girl in Winter is a notable example . When it was first published in England discerning critics at once ...
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Philip Larkin. flashed off the water , showing hundreds of insects borne on transparent wings . " It's nice , " said Robin . He leaned against a noticeboard that said " Private . No Landing Allowed " , and looked across the water at a ...
Philip Larkin. flashed off the water , showing hundreds of insects borne on transparent wings . " It's nice , " said Robin . He leaned against a noticeboard that said " Private . No Landing Allowed " , and looked across the water at a ...
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Philip Larkin. THE LESS DECEIVED Poems by Philip Larkin " Philip Larkin ... has for some time been considered the most gifted poet of his generation . Larkin is a true dramatic lyricist ... the right- ness of his epithets , which are ...
Philip Larkin. THE LESS DECEIVED Poems by Philip Larkin " Philip Larkin ... has for some time been considered the most gifted poet of his generation . Larkin is a true dramatic lyricist ... the right- ness of his epithets , which are ...
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