The Railway Accident And Other Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the fevered imagination of one of British modernism's most underrated voices comes a collection that crackles with surreal menace and political urgency. The Railway Accident and Other Stories by Edward Upward transports readers into a world of dreamlike unreality — a landscape where the mundane and the nightmarish collide, and where the anxieties of a generation caught between two world wars seep through every line. Rooted in the fictional village of Mortmere, a hallucinatory realm co-invented with his friend Christopher Isherwood, Upward's prose is strange, restless, and electrifyingly original. A key figure in the literary left of 1930s Britain, Upward wrote with a sharp political consciousness that sets him apart from his contemporaries, wielding dark comedy and surrealist imagery as instruments of social critique. This collection presents his most celebrated work alongside companion pieces that illustrate his singular vision — a vision that profoundly influenced Isherwood and W.H. Auden. For those who believe they know the terrain of twentieth-century British fiction, Upward's work arrives as a quiet detonation, upending expectations and leaving one to wonder what other masterpieces history has unjustly overlooked.
Author: Edward Upward
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the fevered imagination of one of British modernism's most underrated voices comes a collection that crackles with surreal menace and political urgency. The Railway Accident and Other Stories by Edward Upward transports readers into a world of dreamlike unreality — a landscape where the mundane and the nightmarish collide, and where the anxieties of a generation caught between two world wars seep through every line. Rooted in the fictional village of Mortmere, a hallucinatory realm co-invented with his friend Christopher Isherwood, Upward's prose is strange, restless, and electrifyingly original. A key figure in the literary left of 1930s Britain, Upward wrote with a sharp political consciousness that sets him apart from his contemporaries, wielding dark comedy and surrealist imagery as instruments of social critique. This collection presents his most celebrated work alongside companion pieces that illustrate his singular vision — a vision that profoundly influenced Isherwood and W.H. Auden. For those who believe they know the terrain of twentieth-century British fiction, Upward's work arrives as a quiet detonation, upending expectations and leaving one to wonder what other masterpieces history has unjustly overlooked.