'You start alone, you finish alone,' she says: 'It's fine to be alone, it's a revelation, truth at last.' This is the story of Almayer Jenkin's progress through life, from a motherless childhood through adult love affairs and her own experience of motherhood. In this novel, vivid and spare, touching and comic, A. L. Barker draws a fine portrait of Almayer and the diverse people she meets and lives among. 'I know nothing of A. L. Barker, except that she writes like an angel and I love her.' Auberon Waugh 'A novel that ...
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'You start alone, you finish alone,' she says: 'It's fine to be alone, it's a revelation, truth at last.' This is the story of Almayer Jenkin's progress through life, from a motherless childhood through adult love affairs and her own experience of motherhood. In this novel, vivid and spare, touching and comic, A. L. Barker draws a fine portrait of Almayer and the diverse people she meets and lives among. 'I know nothing of A. L. Barker, except that she writes like an angel and I love her.' Auberon Waugh 'A novel that deserves to be cherished, as A. L. Barker so plainly cherishes her characters. She has a rare ability to illuminate the remarkable qualities of commonplace things, and a profound sympathy for us all, liable as we all are to being knocked over by very little at any time.' New York Magazine
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Add this copy of A Heavy Feather to cart. $22.21, like new condition, Sold by GreatBookPrices rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbia, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Faber & Faber.
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New. Trade paperback (UK). In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Add this copy of Heavy Feather to cart. $31.38, very good condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Corozal, PR, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by George Braziller.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 0x0x0; library copy. a few former owner marks labeled over, very tight and clean spine excellent, no visible damage to cover, interior very clean. a spot in rear paste down where card slot was removed, dj unclippedListing Includes Books Image. Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S.
Add this copy of A Heavy Feather (Inscribed First Edition) to cart. $45.00, like new condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Hogarth Press.
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Fine in fine jacket. First printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine (bit of light foxing to the edges of the text block) in fine, lightly toned dust jacket. Hardcover. 234 pp. Fiction. "This is the storyh of Almayer Jenkin's progress through life...[a] finely drawn portrai tof Almayer herself and the diverse people she meets and lives among.." A.L. (Audrey Lilian) Barker (d. 2002) was an English novelist and short story writer; she won the first Somerset Maugham Award in 1947 and was short listed for the Booker Prize in 1970.
