_12mo, 722 pages, $1.50 net_
This is an epoch marking novel by an author "who is dramatic as is no
other now writing."--Oakland _Enquirer_.
In this startling and original romance, the author turns aside from
the track of his contemporaries and reverts to models drawn from races
which have bolder and less conventional views of literature than the
Anglo-Saxon race. Following the lead of the Great Russian Dostoievsky,
he proceeds boldly to lay bare the secret passions, the unacknowledged
motives and impulses, which lurk below the placid-seeming surface of
ordinary human nature.
It has been reviewed favorably by all of America's principal
newspapers, as the following extracts from press notices will
indicate:
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT: "His mastery of language, his knowledge of human
impulses, his interpretation of the forces of nature and of the power
of inanimate objects over human beings, all pronounce him a writer of
no mean rank.... He can express philosophy in terms of narrative
without prostituting his art; he can suggest an answer without drawing
a moral; with a clearer vision he could stand among the masters in
literary achievement."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: "Psychologically speaking, it is one of the most
remarkable pieces of fiction ever written.... I do not hesitate to say
that a new novelist of power has appeared upon the scene."
EVENING SUN, New York: "Mr. Powys, master essayist, comes forward
with a first novel which is brilliant in style, absorbing in plot,
deep and thoughtful in its purpose."
PHILADELPHIA PRESS: "It undoubtedly will set a new mark in
literature of the contemporary period.... Mr. Powys' style is the
style of Thomas Hardy."
PHILADELPHIA RECORD: "Every page is a joy, every chapter a fresh
proof of Powys' genius."
N.Y. EVENING POST: "The best novel one reviewer has read in a good
while."
NEW YORK TIMES: "Mr. Powys is evidently a keen observer of life and
responsive to all its phases."