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 63
... moved up the street together . " Are you sure you'll be able to get home all right ? ” asked Katherine , with more compunction now they were away from her address . " Shall I come with you ? " " Oh , I can manage . " Miss Green achieved ...
... moved up the street together . " Are you sure you'll be able to get home all right ? ” asked Katherine , with more compunction now they were away from her address . " Shall I come with you ? " " Oh , I can manage . " Miss Green achieved ...
Page 67
... moved by a crowd she was not a person to make friends carelessly , and this was exactly what they had led her to do . After that day , for some weeks she had gone about in subdued dread , but as no more was heard of the scheme this ...
... moved by a crowd she was not a person to make friends carelessly , and this was exactly what they had led her to do . After that day , for some weeks she had gone about in subdued dread , but as no more was heard of the scheme this ...
Page 75
... moved steadily out Katherine noticed two posters by the station bookstall : " Heat Wave " and " Lunchtime Scores " . She wondered what they meant but did not ask . Robin went on talking quietly about nothing in particular : at one point ...
... moved steadily out Katherine noticed two posters by the station bookstall : " Heat Wave " and " Lunchtime Scores " . She wondered what they meant but did not ask . Robin went on talking quietly about nothing in particular : at one point ...
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