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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Page 124
... pole and standing on the very end , while Katherine watched him uselessly . " We'll turn back , since we're not going anywhere , it seems . " " How beautiful to watch you , " said Jane . When the punt was once more pointing straight ...
... pole and standing on the very end , while Katherine watched him uselessly . " We'll turn back , since we're not going anywhere , it seems . " " How beautiful to watch you , " said Jane . When the punt was once more pointing straight ...
Page 125
... pole for the next stroke nearly knocked him in the water . He saved himself by catching it with one hand , and this sudden interruption nearly upset Katherine . Jane was heaving quietly with laughter . Katherine viciously drop- ped the pole ...
... pole for the next stroke nearly knocked him in the water . He saved himself by catching it with one hand , and this sudden interruption nearly upset Katherine . Jane was heaving quietly with laughter . Katherine viciously drop- ped the pole ...
Page 126
... pole again , Robin stood up and with a smart double twist drew it , dripping , from the water : he swished it in the river a few times to clean off the wet black mud , then with a slight smile offered it to her again . " No , " she said ...
... pole again , Robin stood up and with a smart double twist drew it , dripping , from the water : he swished it in the river a few times to clean off the wet black mud , then with a slight smile offered it to her again . " No , " she said ...
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