Castle Corner
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of literary fiction, Castle Corner chronicles the fortunes of the Corner family across three continents — Ireland, England, and West Africa — as the nineteenth century gives way to the turbulent twentieth. Joyce Cary constructs a richly layered narrative that illustrates how empire, land, and tradition collide with the forces of modernity and change, tracing the lives of characters caught between old loyalties and an uncertain future. The novel presents a panoramic social canvas, rendered with Cary's characteristic warmth and ironic wit, as each generation of the Corner family grapples with inheritance — both literal and moral. Ambitious in scope and deeply humanistic in spirit, it stands as the first volume of a planned trilogy and argues, through its vivid ensemble cast, that history is not made by grand forces alone but by the stubborn, flawed, and endearing choices of ordinary people.
Author: Joyce Cary
Format: Hardback
Published: 1952, Michael Joseph
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of literary fiction, Castle Corner chronicles the fortunes of the Corner family across three continents — Ireland, England, and West Africa — as the nineteenth century gives way to the turbulent twentieth. Joyce Cary constructs a richly layered narrative that illustrates how empire, land, and tradition collide with the forces of modernity and change, tracing the lives of characters caught between old loyalties and an uncertain future. The novel presents a panoramic social canvas, rendered with Cary's characteristic warmth and ironic wit, as each generation of the Corner family grapples with inheritance — both literal and moral. Ambitious in scope and deeply humanistic in spirit, it stands as the first volume of a planned trilogy and argues, through its vivid ensemble cast, that history is not made by grand forces alone but by the stubborn, flawed, and endearing choices of ordinary people.