« her descriptions burned so brightly when i first began reading the work of anna kavan that i felt a kinship with her almost at once. i have sometimes wandered past her last home in peel street, london, in pilgrimage. the novels and memoirs stand on my shelves: i came across ice first, then asylum piece and my madness, then let me alone, julia and the bazooka with its 1960s hip bohemianism, and sleep has his house. »
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Anna Kavan : brilliant like ice
blogPost, 29/09/2011Her descriptions burned so brightly when I first began reading the work of Anna Kavan that I felt a kinship with her almost at once. I have sometimes wandered past her last home in Peel Street, London, in pilgrimage. The novels and memoirs stand on my shelves: I came across Ice first, then Asylum Piece and My Madness, then Let me Alone, Julia and the Bazooka with its 1960s hip bohemianism, and Sleep Has His House.