Publication

1952 - Macdonald, London, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

79,500 words, Guess

Page Count

318 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ3.P8758 In
  • LCCPR6031.O867 In

Description

In this 'wild book' Powys creates a 'Philosophy of the Demented' expressing fundamental truths about madness and sanity. Most of the novel, though, like so much of his later fiction, it is more a fantasy, takes place in Glint Hall, a lunatic asylum. The two main characters are John Hush and Tenna Sheer. They fall in love. The rapidly developing, psychologically complex narrative centres on 'Hush's organization of a conspiracy of revolt amongst the most fantastically crazy of the inmates'.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The inmates.Macdonald1952
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