The Diaries of Dawn Powell
Author: Powell, Dawn
ISBN: 9781883642259
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Aug 1998
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback / softback
Dawn Powell had a brilliant mind and a keen wit and her humor was never at a finer pitch than in her diaries. And yet her story is a poignant one - a son emotionally and mentally impaired, a household of too much alcohol and never enough money, and an artistic career that, if not a failure, fell far short of the success she craved. All is recorded here - along with working sketches for her novels, and often revealing portraits of her many friends (a literary who's who of her period) - in her always unique style and without self-delusion.br>br>Powell's remarkable i>Diaries/i> will stand as one of her finest literary achievements.
ISBN: 9781883642259
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Aug 1998
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback / softback
Dawn Powell had a brilliant mind and a keen wit and her humor was never at a finer pitch than in her diaries. And yet her story is a poignant one - a son emotionally and mentally impaired, a household of too much alcohol and never enough money, and an artistic career that, if not a failure, fell far short of the success she craved. All is recorded here - along with working sketches for her novels, and often revealing portraits of her many friends (a literary who's who of her period) - in her always unique style and without self-delusion.br>br>Powell's remarkable i>Diaries/i> will stand as one of her finest literary achievements.
