The Vet's Daughter

by Barbara Comyns

Book Overview

The daughter of a bullying veterinary surgeon, Alice Rowlands lives in the oppressive world of Edwardian south London. In her own vivid uneducated words, she here relates the story of her girlhood and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590170296
• ISBN13: 9781590170298
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

An Immortal Book

Every sentence of this book startles, as if written by a person who understood language differently and better than other writers. It is a very short novel and an astounding one, a remarkable trip into the consciousness of a young girl who is subtly estranged from the world around her. Comyns writes in her own tradition, but she bears a sure relation to Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bowen, and Penelope Fitzgerald, whose devotees will certainly love this book.