The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. "A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time" (New York Times Book Review). Index; photographs. |
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Page 41
... fact all these years since 1919 - and N. & D. is dead — I find myself infinitely delighting in facts for a change , and in possession of quantities be- yond counting : though I feel now and then the tug to vision , but resist it . This ...
... fact all these years since 1919 - and N. & D. is dead — I find myself infinitely delighting in facts for a change , and in possession of quantities be- yond counting : though I feel now and then the tug to vision , but resist it . This ...
Page 42
... facts , got out of control , the book became inordinately long and loose . I have described in Downhill All the Way * the terrible time we had when The Years was finished and Virginia was faced with the proofs . She tried to regain ...
... facts , got out of control , the book became inordinately long and loose . I have described in Downhill All the Way * the terrible time we had when The Years was finished and Virginia was faced with the proofs . She tried to regain ...
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... fact that we were so soon overwhelmed by the war and the difficulty of getting paper . But I still think that the idea was a good one , and our first four books were extremely interesting . They were : Socrates by Naomi Mitchison and ...
... fact that we were so soon overwhelmed by the war and the difficulty of getting paper . But I still think that the idea was a good one , and our first four books were extremely interesting . They were : Socrates by Naomi Mitchison and ...
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