A Scarcity of Love [Hardcover]

Anna Kavan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Herder and Herder; First U.S. Edition edition (1972)
• ASIN: B0026ELSJ0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,859,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No scarcity of talent, February 5, 2002

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A. G. Plumb "Greg Plumb" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Scarcity of Love (Paperback)

This novel was published in paperback with 'Let Me Alone', also by Anna Kavan. 'Let Me Alone' is such a staggering novel (despite some flat spots in the middle) that it took me a while to pluck up the courage to attack 'A Scarcity of Love'. 'A Scarcity of Love' is not as strong a novel as 'Let Me Alone'(for me it hardly could be) but it is very rewarding.

If you search for 'Let Me Alone' at Amazon.com you will not find it with the other Anna Kavan works. However, it is in the Amazon.com catalogue under the author's alternative - and very rarely used - earlier publishing name of Helen Woods Edmonds.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars surprising and wonderful, May 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Scarcity of Love (Paperback)

This novel was published in paperback with Let Me Alone. Let Me Alone is such a staggering novel (despite some flat spots in the middle) that it took me a while to pluck up the courage to attack Let Me Alone. Let Me Alone is not as good (for me it hardly could be) but it is very rewarding.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Special Find, May 13, 2006

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Kimberlee Catena (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Scarcity of Love - A Novel (Hardcover)

I found this at a little library on a give away shelf. I popped open the front sleeve and read that the writing was similar to that of Sylvia Plath. That is what had me interested, so I took it home and began to read it. It is true that there is similar styles. I enjoyed the book very much. :D