Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing

May Sarton's ninth novel explores a woman's struggle to reconcile the claims of life and art, to transmute passion and pain into poetry. As it opens, Hilary Stevens, a renowned poet in her seventies, is talking with Mar, an intense young man who has sought her out and whose passionate despair reminds her of herself when young. Mar has had an unhappy love affair with a man. Bewildered by both his sexuality and his writing talent, he flings his anguish against Hilary's brusque, sympathetic intelligence.

About the author

May Sarton (1912-1995) was an acclaimed poet, novelist, and memoirist.

Product details

• Authors: May Sarton
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1993
• EAN: 9780393309294
• ISBN: 978-0-393-30929-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies