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 158
... Jack Stormalong's car . The weather was humid , a foretaste of autumn . The blackberries were ripening in the hedges , and earthenware bowls of red and yellow plums stood in the kitchen , ready for jam - making . Jane had stayed indoors ...
... Jack Stormalong's car . The weather was humid , a foretaste of autumn . The blackberries were ripening in the hedges , and earthenware bowls of red and yellow plums stood in the kitchen , ready for jam - making . Jane had stayed indoors ...
Page 160
... Jack Stormalong demonstrated that it was perfectly easy to eat and hold up one end of a conversation at the same time . There was no doubt that he was more of a success than she had been . He took it for granted that he was at home ...
... Jack Stormalong demonstrated that it was perfectly easy to eat and hold up one end of a conversation at the same time . There was no doubt that he was more of a success than she had been . He took it for granted that he was at home ...
Page 164
... Jack Stormalong poled them vigorously there , and theatrically drank a quantity of beer on arrival . Robin also had some , and there developed between them a masculine waggishness that aroused laughter at Kath- erine's expense , as she ...
... Jack Stormalong poled them vigorously there , and theatrically drank a quantity of beer on arrival . Robin also had some , and there developed between them a masculine waggishness that aroused laughter at Kath- erine's expense , as she ...
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