Publication

2018 - New Directions, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

79,750 words, Guess

Page Count

319 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780811228190
  • Better World BooksW8-AYI-122
  • Open LibraryOL26977432M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.912
  • LCCPR6031.O873 U43 2018
  • LCCPR6031.O873U43 2018
and 1 more
  • DDC823/.9/12

Description

"First published in 1931, the spellbinding novel Unclay glows with an unworldly light. Death has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local mortals and the fatal word unclay upon it. When he loses the precious sheet, he is at a loss, and also free of his errand. Hungry to taste the sweet fruits of human life, Mr. John Death, as he is now known, takes a holiday in Dorsetshire and rests from his reaping. The startlingly alive natural world basks in summer loveliness, but the village teems with the old sins (lust, avarice, greed)--as well as some loving-kindness. What unfolds is a witty, earthy, metaphysical, and delicious novel of astonishing beauty and moral force"--

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Series Statement

  • New Directions paperbook -- NDP1427

Other Editions

  • UnclayNew Directions2018-01-01
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