All sorts of lives : Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything /

"Restless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine Mansfield's short but dazzling career was characterized by struggle, insecurity and sacrifice--alongside a glorious, relentless creative drive and openness. She was the only writer Virginia Woolf admitted being jealous of, yet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harman, Claire (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[London] : Vintage, 2024.
Subjects:	Mansfield, Katherine, > 1888-1923. Mansfield, Katherine, > 1888-1923 Authors, New Zealand > 20th century > Biography. Women authors, New Zealand > 20th century > Biography. Short stories, New Zealand > History and criticism. Écrivains néo-zélandais > 20e siècle > Biographies. Écrivaines néo-zélandaises > 20e siècle > Biographies. Nouvelles néo-zélandaises > Histoire et critique. Authors, New Zealand Short stories, New Zealand Women authors, New Zealand 1900-1999 Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc. Biographies.

Table of Contents:

How Pearl Button was kidnapped
The tiredness of Rosabel
The child-who-was-tired
The daughters of the Late Colonel
An indiscreet journey
Bliss
Je ne parle pas français
Prelude
The garden party
The fly.