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 86
... river , and catches all the sun . " He pulled down a branch and fingered one or two plums ; when he found one that rolled off into his hand he gave it to her . The bloom bore his fingerprints . " Does the river- - ? " She failed to ...
... river , and catches all the sun . " He pulled down a branch and fingered one or two plums ; when he found one that rolled off into his hand he gave it to her . The bloom bore his fingerprints . " Does the river- - ? " She failed to ...
Page 119
... river , " he said . " Always the river , " said Jane . " First you swim in it , then you want to float on it . You'll turn into a water- rat . " She turned over some other records wearily . " Coming ? " said Robin , more or less to ...
... river , " he said . " Always the river , " said Jane . " First you swim in it , then you want to float on it . You'll turn into a water- rat . " She turned over some other records wearily . " Coming ? " said Robin , more or less to ...
Page 121
... river . " " What do you mean by just up the river ? " " What do you think I mean ? " " Well , I know you , " said Jane . " You'll probably make us late for lunch . " " I thought we might go up to the Rose for lunch , " said Robin , with ...
... river . " " What do you mean by just up the river ? " " What do you think I mean ? " " Well , I know you , " said Jane . " You'll probably make us late for lunch . " " I thought we might go up to the Rose for lunch , " said Robin , with ...
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