{"product_id":"9780241963302-katherine-mansfield","title":"Katherine Mansfield","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Secret Life\u003cbr\u003ePursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine Mansfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the celebrated biography be bestselling author Claire Tomalin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the best biographies I have ever read: a perfect match of author and subject. It should become a classic'  Alison Lurie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Sexually ambiguous, craving love yet quarrelsome and capricious, she glittered in the brilliant circles of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, her beauty and recklessness inspiring admiration, jealousy, rage and devotion. Claire Tomalin's biography brings us nearer than we have ever been to this courageous, greatly gifted, haunted and haunting writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Generous, dispassionate, even-handed, setting out probably as plainly as anyone ever will Katherine's high hopes, the odds she faced and the impossible obstacles that ditched her in the end'  Hilary Spurling, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Provides the finest and most subtly shaded portrait so far'  John Gross, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Woman, \u003c\/i\u003ethis virtuoso biography is invaluable reading for lovers of Katherine Mansfield everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eShelley and His World\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKatherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. A former literary editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, she is married to the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943457075297,"sku":"9780241963302","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35516551_41d79b96-e3d5-4813-b1e0-11a0a67b0c88.jpg?v=1753909788","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241963302-katherine-mansfield","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}