Pending Heaven
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Wear along edges of jacket but still structural. Page Condition: Good. Markings: none. Binding condition: Good.
A forgotten masterpiece of early twentieth-century British fiction, Pending Heaven is a sparkling, irony-laden novel by William Gerhardie — a writer once hailed by H.G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, and Graham Greene as one of the great literary talents of his generation. Set against the backdrop of post-WWI Europe, the novel chronicles the romantic misadventures and existential yearnings of its protagonist, caught between longing and the perpetual deferral of fulfilment that defines the human condition. Gerhardie's prose moves with a languid, comedic precision, drawing the reader into a world where desire is always just out of reach and happiness remains tantalizingly pending. Gerhardie's work sits at a curious crossroads between Russian literary sensibility — shaped by his upbringing in St. Petersburg and his profound admiration for Chekhov — and the sharp social comedy of the English novel. Pending Heaven presents a meditation on love, illusion, and the tragicomedy of ambition, rendered in prose of effortless elegance. With a preface by the distinguished biographer Michael Holroyd, this edition invites a new generation to rediscover a novelist unjustly overlooked — one whose wit and wisdom reward every reader who dares to venture in.
Author: William Gerhardie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Macdonald, London
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Wear along edges of jacket but still structural. Page Condition: Good. Markings: none. Binding condition: Good.
A forgotten masterpiece of early twentieth-century British fiction, Pending Heaven is a sparkling, irony-laden novel by William Gerhardie — a writer once hailed by H.G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, and Graham Greene as one of the great literary talents of his generation. Set against the backdrop of post-WWI Europe, the novel chronicles the romantic misadventures and existential yearnings of its protagonist, caught between longing and the perpetual deferral of fulfilment that defines the human condition. Gerhardie's prose moves with a languid, comedic precision, drawing the reader into a world where desire is always just out of reach and happiness remains tantalizingly pending. Gerhardie's work sits at a curious crossroads between Russian literary sensibility — shaped by his upbringing in St. Petersburg and his profound admiration for Chekhov — and the sharp social comedy of the English novel. Pending Heaven presents a meditation on love, illusion, and the tragicomedy of ambition, rendered in prose of effortless elegance. With a preface by the distinguished biographer Michael Holroyd, this edition invites a new generation to rediscover a novelist unjustly overlooked — one whose wit and wisdom reward every reader who dares to venture in.