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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Malcolm Lowry; Gerald Noxon; Paul Tiessen |
ISBN: | 0774802871 9780774802871 |
OCLC Number: | 46122977 |
Description: | XV, 163 Seiten |
Contents: | AcknowledgementsChronologyIntroduction The WritersThe TextSources and Editions Used The LettersPart I: August 1940 to May 1944Part II: June 1944 to June 1945Part III: December 1945 to Spring 1952 Index |
Responsibility: | Malcolm Lowry ; Gerald Noxon. Paul Tiessen [Hrsg.]. |
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The letters as a whole contain the relaxed observations and spontaneous flashes of wit and honesty only letters can show.... Noxon was the best of all possible friends to a man like Lowry: able to be detached without indifference, supportive without collusion, loyal without enmeshment. This volume of letters is as much a tribute to Noxon's wisdom as it is to Lowry's vulnerability. -- Sharon Thesen * The Whig-Standard * This correspondence is well worth reading by everyone who is interested in Lowry. The letters to Gerald Noxon lead into Lowry's private existence as only letters to a dear friend can. -- Stefan Haag * BC Studies * The definitive account of a small but significant part of Lowry's life . . . Tiessen's canvas is small, but it is beautifully worked, and his exquisite summary of the past makes me look in anticipation for what is yet to come. -- Chris Ackerley * Canadian Literature * Read more...

