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 121
... hand , stirred in the cold bar of shadow and looked up . " Where are we going ? " Robin whisked the pole in and out of the water a few times before saying : " Just up the river . " " What do you mean by just up the river ? " " What do ...
... hand , stirred in the cold bar of shadow and looked up . " Where are we going ? " Robin whisked the pole in and out of the water a few times before saying : " Just up the river . " " What do you mean by just up the river ? " " What do ...
Page 126
... hands on a hand- kerchief , " one might as well do a thing properly . " No - one answered him . Katherine worked off her fury by poling as best she could . Jane was right . Once she felt that her feet were no longer glued down and she ...
... hands on a hand- kerchief , " one might as well do a thing properly . " No - one answered him . Katherine worked off her fury by poling as best she could . Jane was right . Once she felt that her feet were no longer glued down and she ...
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Philip Larkin. sand ; she stooped and flicked her hand in it , finding it very cold . She noticed a small frog in the ... hands may hold a moth for a few seconds before releasing it again . She could only hope that the burden of this new ...
Philip Larkin. sand ; she stooped and flicked her hand in it , finding it very cold . She noticed a small frog in the ... hands may hold a moth for a few seconds before releasing it again . She could only hope that the burden of this new ...
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