Pending Heaven

Informationen zum Autor William Alexander Gerhardie was born in St Petersburg, Russia, in 1895. As a young man he went to London and, when the First World War broke out, joined the army. He was first sent to Russia and later travelled the world before beginning to write. Futility (1922), his first novel, was sponsored by Katherine Mansfield, and other notable works of his include The Polyglots (1925) and Of Mortal Love (1936). Gerhardie's writing was acclaimed as an influence on many of his peers, including Anthony Powell, H. G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene and Olivia Manning. He died in London in 1977. Klappentext A novel about two men treading the donkey-round of paradise deferred! their literary friendship strained to breaking-point by rivalry in love. Zusammenfassung To quote William Gerhardie's own synopsis this work is 'a novel about two men treading the donkey-round of paradise deferred, their literary friendship strained to breaking-point by rivalry in love'.

Product details

• Authors: William Gerhardie, Gerhardie William
• Assisted by: Willia Gerhardie (Editor), William Gerhardie (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2009
• EAN: 9780571248933
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24893-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction: general and literary, Comedy; Faber Finds; Society