{"product_id":"a-dance-to-the-music-of-time-second-movement-paperback","title":"A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the novel that is #43 on the Modern Library's 100 Best of the 20th Century list and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"a comic masterpiece\" and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e praised as \"immensely entertaining.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work of fiction, praised by readers and critics and other novelists throughout the 75 years since the first volume was published. Equal parts funny and heartbreaking, clever and moving, Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e as \"brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times,\" \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time\u003c\/i\u003e opens just after World War I and continues through the 1950s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the background of this second volume of \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the rumble of distant events in Germany and Spain presages the storm of World War II. In England, even as the whirl of marriages and adulteries, fashions and frivolities, personal triumphs and failures gathers speed, men and women find themselves on the brink of fateful choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Reading Powell,\" says the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"is like living someone else's life, inextricably entangled with your own.\" Give this first volume a try, and you'll find characters and scenes and insights that will stay with you for the rest of your life \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Includes these novels: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAt Lady Molly's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCasanova's Chinese Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the background of this second volume of A Dance to the Music of Time, the rumble of distant events in Germany and Spain presages the storm of World War II. In England, even as the whirl of marriages and adulteries, fashions and frivolities, personal triumphs and failures gathers speed, men and women find themselves on the brink of fateful choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Powell \u003c\/b\u003e(1905-2000) was one of the most critically acclaimed novelists of the twentieth century. His landmark twelve-volume novel, \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time, \u003c\/i\u003ewas named to the Modern Library's list of the top 100 novels of the twentieth century. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eAfternoon Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVenusberg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom a View to a Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgents and Patients\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Become of Waring?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO, How the Wheel Becomes It!\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fisher King\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press. A condensed version of his four-volume memoir, \u003ci\u003eTo Keep the Ball Rolling\u003c\/i\u003e, is also available from the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 746\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860757184800,"sku":"9780226677163","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/JFsZHJF6q69780226677163.webp?v=1781611413","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-dance-to-the-music-of-time-second-movement-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}