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Grey Roses - Softcover

Henry Harland

 
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Synopsis

Grey Roses by Henry Harland is a collection of linked short stories that map the bohemian life of late nineteenth?century Paris and its orbit in London, with excursions to Russia and the south of France. The tales center on artists, expatriates, exiles, and patrons who improvise meaning, love, and success against social conventions. In The Bohemian Girl, a narrator recalls Nina Childe, her father Alfred Childe, and Nina’s return to Paris after years in exile; in Mercedes, a boy remembers his childhood fascination with a pet mouse and the world of memory; A Broken Looking-Glass follows a man haunted by a failed life and a memento of a lost beloved; The Reward of Virtue presents Bibi Ragotit’s rueful philosophy and his untimely end; A Re?Incarnation depicts Davis Blake, an overconfident author who claims to be Shakespeare reincarnated; Flower O’ the Quince follows Theodore Vellan and the spark of a long?ago love; When I Am King and Castles Near Spain trace a modern man’s reverie and a lifelong romance that survives across continents. The collection probes art, memory, desire, and the social costs of living for art’s sake.

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