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Read [Brand: NYRB Classics Book] * The Wooden Shepherdess (New York Review Books Classics) Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. The Wooden Shepherdess (New York Review Books Classics) The Wooden Shepherdess is the sequel to The Fox in the Attic, and the second volume of Richard Hughes's monumental historical fiction, "The Human Predicament." It opens with Hughes's hero Augustine in prohibition era America, where he is a bemused onlooker and an increasingly fascinated participant in a country intoxicated with sex, violence, and booze. In brilliant cinematic style, the book then moves to Germany, where the Nazi Party is gradually gaining in power; to the slums, mi
| Title | : | The Wooden Shepherdess (New York Review Books Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.60 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0940322307 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
The Wooden Shepherdess is the sequel to The Fox in the Attic, and the second volume of Richard Hughes's monumental historical fiction, "The Human Predicament." It opens with Hughes's hero Augustine in prohibition era America, where he is a bemused onlooker and an increasingly fascinated participant in a country intoxicated with sex, violence, and booze. In brilliant cinematic style, the book then moves to Germany, where the Nazi Party is gradually gaining in power; to the slums, mining towns, parliamentary back rooms, and great houses of a Britain teetering on the verge of class war; and to the wilds of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The novel ends with a terrifying account of the Night of the Long Knives, as Hitler ruthlessly secures his hold upon Germany.This new edition of the The Wooden Shepherdess concludes with the twelve chapters that Hughes completed of the planned third volume of "The Human Predicament," here published for the first time
The two volumes we already have of “The Human Predicament” The Fox in the Attic, The Wooden Sheperdess are in themselves enough to make the novel a major and unique contribution to the century’s fiction.— Walter Allen
Richard Hughes (1900-1976) was born in Surrey, England, but his ancestors came from Wales and he considered himself a Welshman. The work was planned as a trilogy, but remained incomplete at the time of Hughes’s death. All of Hughes’s completed novels are available fromNYRB Classics.Hilary Mantel is the author of man
Only for Hughes Fans Richard Sweeton I have all of his books and have read them all several times. When this edition of the Wooden Shepherdess was published, I bought it -- even though I had an earlier edition -- because of the promise of being able to read a part of the unfinished third volume of the series. Although I have even read that part several times, it's always a disappointment. It is just . There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not Feel propertius This book is part of a proposed trilogy which unfortunately the author never completed and as such it is almost necessary to read the first part,"The Fox In The Attic" to truly appreciate this second part. This is an epic work in the classical sense. It tells the stories of such diverse characters as the patrician Augustine and his love for his German cousin Mitzi
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