Unclay
By: T. F. Powys
Series: New Directions paperbook -- NDP1427
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780811228190
Subjects: Death (Personification); Fiction
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"--
Table of contents: title: Daisies; title: Mr. Hayhoe opens the gate; title: Mr. Hayhoe hears footsteps; title: Mr. Hayhoe makes a new friend; title: Death has no memory; title: John reads a notice; title: Priscilla answers a question; title: An old woman's eye; title: Joseph Bridle; title: The name; title: A queer mistake; title: Mr. Solly is polite to turnips; title: Mr. Dawe likes to see; title: Hidden treasure; title: Joe Bridle sees a shadow; title: A laugh from a camel; title: One as high as the almighty; title: A tale told to Mr. Dawe; title: Mr. Dawe names his price; title: Mr. Dady opens the window; title: Strange music; title: The old fox trapped; title: Winnie Huddy runs a race; title: Mr. Hayhoe receives a command; title: This time Mr. Hayhoe looks; title: A dead rat; title: Susie Dawe; title: Mr. Mere makes a beginning; title: Signs and wonders; title: The large quiet; title: Susie lights the lamp; title: Susie hides in a lane; title: Love defeats Mr. Solly; title: A trade for John; title: Death and the farmer; title: The best liquor; title: Love never pities; title: Susie wishes to hurt; title: Death wishes to kill; title: Winnie insulted; title: A debt paid; title: A strange sweetness; title: Mr. Balliboy and the beast; title: The assignation; title: Mr. Hayhoe shakes his head; title: Lord Bullman walks to the window; title: A bed of begonias; title: Winnie sees the policeman; title: The greed of a collector; title: Droit de seigneur; title: Death no enemy; title: A bridal weapon; title: Joe Bridle turns to the wall; title: Winnie brings a message.