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Dreaming of Dead People

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In the ‘middle of life’ – although this is only thirty-six – and with the unsparing eye of a portraitist, Lavinia reviews her frustrations and her solitariness, the grief and the rapture: these are her seeming companions in a pageant presided over, as it were, by the medieval masks of Owl, signifying winter, and Cuckoo, for erotic love. In attendance are dreams of rustic places and once-dear animals. But it is no ordinary procession, for her childhood comes last. The idiosyncratic Dreaming of Dead People was first published in 1979, yet remains as surprising as ever: it is frank, mordantly funny, true to itself and raw.

‘By turns shimmering and disquieting, Belben's exceptional voice deserves a resurgence.’ Irenosen Okojie

‘If the world includes Rosalind Belben and her words it cannot be considered an altogether regrettable place to be.’ Harry Mathews

‘A beautiful work . . . it says a great deal about the world we live in . . . more life-like and more alive than most fiction.’ Michael Hamburger on Is Beauty Good

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Authors:
Belben, Rosalind
Year Published:
2025
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
Illustrations Note:
Illustrations
ISBN:
9781916751316
Number of Pages:
144
Publication Date:
05/08/2025
Publisher:
And Other Stories
Language:
English
Place of Publication:
High Wycombe
SKU:
9781916751316

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