{"product_id":"lolly-willowes-or-the-loving-huntsman-paperback-1","title":"Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Lurie\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[The book] I'll be pressing into people's hands forever is \"Lolly Willowes,\" the 1926 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner. It tells the story of a woman who rejects the life that society has fixed for her in favor of freedom and the most unexpected of alliances. It completely blindsided me: Starting as a straightforward, albeit beautifully written family saga, it tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness.\" - Helen Macdonald in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's \"By the Book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break way from her controlling family--a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange. Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of twentieth-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a subversive genius that anticipates the fantastic flights of such contemporaries as Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was a poet, short-story writer, and novelist, as well as an authority on early English music and a devoted member of the Communist Party. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eMr. Fortune's Maggot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLolly Willows \u003c\/i\u003e(both published by NYRB Classics), \u003ci\u003eThe Corner that Held Them\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003eKingdoms of Elfin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlison Lurie is a former Professor of English at Cornell. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eTruth and Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772848537888,"sku":"9780940322165","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3ebd25ddaea88f068280e626f689815.webp?v=1780415535","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lolly-willowes-or-the-loving-huntsman-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}