The Far Side Of A Kiss
Haverty, Anne
ISBN 10: 0701169559 ISBN 13: 9780701169558
Published by Random House UK, 2000
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"He has put me in a book. He has used but a steel nib for his weapon but he has destroyed me as sure as if he used a blade and impaled me upon it."
When William Hazlitt published Liber Amoris, his "book of love," in 1823, scandal rocked the literary world. He had chosen as the object of his grand passion a mere serving maid - thinking her the epitome of innocence and beauty - and she had disappointed him by proving just as tawdry as all the rest. But what of Sarah Walker, the subject of Hazlitt's unfortunate obsession? In a magnificent work of imaginative sympathy, Anne Haverty rescues Sarah from obscurity to let her tell her side of the story. She describes her gradual seduction by the wild man of letters, day by day, hour by hour, as she tries to ward off inappropriate advances without offending him. The story of Sarah Walker's miserable downfall is a simple one, but Anne Haverty sees in it all its richness and complexity.
About the Author: Anne Haverty is one of Ireland's most highly regarded young writers. She is the author of One Day as a Tiger, winner of the Rooney Prize and shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread First Novel Award.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Far Side Of A Kiss
Publisher: Random House UK
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Good