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Written in subtle, elegant prose, this rediscovered classic, first published in 1939, addresses issues of psychology and perception, while pioneering avant-garde narrative techniques When the blind narrator, the masseur Louis Dunkel, moves into the Cornwall country house of his patient Mrs. Nance, he becomes fascinated by her niece Sophie, a haughty young woman. Their resulting romance, however, is unsettled by the arrival of the blind, deaf, and dumb Amity Nance. The introspective Dunkel tries to interpret and negotiate the pitfalls of a difficult and at times hostile environment.
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About the Author:
Rayner Heppenstall (1911–1981) was a poet, novelist, journalist, and translator who is remembered as a forerunner of the nouveau roman and regarded as the forefather of such experimental writers as Alain Robbe-Grillet, Angela Carter, and Anthony Burgess. Blaze of Noon is universally regarded as his masterpiece. Gareth Buckell is the author of Rayner Heppenstall: A Critical Study.
Review:
"It will not date. It is written more like a novel one might imagine being written in ten or even twenty years hence. We may all be more European by then." —Elizabeth Bowen, author, The Death of the Heart
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- PublisherAllison & Busby
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0850312884
- ISBN 13 9780850312881
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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