- Hardcover
- Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday (1956)
- ASIN: B001KUVHE2
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Poor Anna,
This review is from: Asylum Piece (Peter Owen Modern Classics) (Paperback)
Dearest Anna,
I finished your book about madness, about inner poverty, about redemption and the mystical obsession with death. There's a word to describe books such as these, but I fail to remember that word. Oh well, my review is nothing more than a large applause sign. Did you live this, or are you dreaming it all? I suppose that doesn't matter. I'm writing to say, thank you. Ms. Kavan, I understand.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
behind these walls,
By "moonwave" (Philippines) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Asylum Piece and Other Stories (Paperback)
I found this book in a lowly second-hand bookstore and it cost 50 pesos (less than 2 cents) back in 95 and found more than a bargain--a real find and a gem of a book. I've reread the book countless times and plugged friends to read it at the cost of our friendship. These are stories that will haunt you to go back and search for words you thought were there but were really between the lines and beneath the pages. These are evocations of both retchedness and humanity. I've never heard of Anna Kavan or any of her work, and people still raise eyebrows when I mention her name as one of my favorites. But this book will surely flee with me in case of a fire breakout. Nobody can take it away from me, here that? You can even ask my friend Chati.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
behind these walls,
By "moonwave" (Philippines) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Asylum Piece and Other Stories (Paperback)
I found this book in a lowly second-hand bookstore and it cost 50 pesos (less than 2 cents) back in 95 and found more than a bargain--a real find and a gem of a book. I've reread the book countless times and plugged friends to read it at the cost of our friendship. These are stories that will haunt you to go back and search for words you thought were there but were really between the lines and beneath the pages. These are evocations of both retchedness and humanity. I've never heard of Anna Kavan or any of her work, and people still raise eyebrows when I mention her name as one of my favorites. But this book will surely flee with me in case of a fire breakout. Nobody can take it away from me, here that? You can even ask my friend Chati.
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