Oh what a paradise it seems
This novella begins and ends with the words, "This is a story to be read in bed in an old house on a rainy night." These lines capture well the story's disarming modesty but not its special magic, for they merely hint at the delights in between. It is a story for bed, true enough, but...
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| Published in | America Vol. 146; no. 12; p. 238 |
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| Format | Magazine Article Book Review |
| Language | English |
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New York
America Press, Inc
27.03.1982
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| Summary: | This novella begins and ends with the words, "This is a story to be read in bed in an old house on a rainy night." These lines capture well the story's disarming modesty but not its special magic, for they merely hint at the delights in between. It is a story for bed, true enough, but one narrated by a beguiling voice and shaped like the bittersweet dreams we love to wake to. |
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| Bibliography: | content type line 2 ObjectType-Review-1 SourceType-Magazines-1 |
| ISSN: | 0002-7049 1943-3697 |