Name: mrs. stevens hears the mermaids singing
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Author: May Sarton
ISBN: 9780393309294

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Type

Physical Book

Author

May Sarton

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Topic

general ; psychological fiction ; women authors

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.7x14.1x1.4 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9780393309294

Synopsis "mrs. stevens hears the mermaids singing"

May Sarton's ninth novel explores a woman's struggle to reconcile the claims of life and art, to transmute passion and pain into poetry. As it opens, Hilary Stevens, a renowned poet in her seventies, is talking with Mar, an intense young man who has sought her out and whose passionate despair reminds her of herself when young. Mar has had an unhappy love affair with a man. Bewildered by both his sexuality and his writing talent, he flings his anguish against Hilary's brusque, sympathetic intelligence.

May Sarton

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Eleanore Marie Sarton (Wondelgem, Bélgica, 1912–York, Estados Unidos, 1995). Poeta, memorialista y escritora, nació en Bélgica de padre belga-estadounidense y madre inglesa; la familia dejó Bélgica después del asesinato del archiduque Francisco Fernando. Autora muy prolífica, escribió poesía, novelas, libros infantiles y una obra de teatro, aunque su gran aportación literaria fueron sin duda sus diarios y memorias. Cosmopolita y políticamente comprometida, los temas que recorren sus obras son la amistad, las relaciones, el envejecimiento, la soledad y los derechos de la mujer.

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