The Water Wheel by Julian L Shapiro

The Water Wheel by Julian L Shapiro

First-ever new edition of The Water Wheel, the 1933 semi-autobiographical debut novel by Julian L. Shapiro, who later achieved cult status writing as John Sanford.

From the original edition's dust jacket:

The Water Wheel recounts both the real and imagined-real adventures of one John B. Sanford in New York and London over a short period in 1927. The novel is completely dominated by Sanford, a self-assumed individualist--and self-styled 'lawclerk, sinner, ex-convict, adolescent, grandson and legatee of a Litvak matchvendor.'

The author has maintained a rigid objectivity, at no time intruding upon the narrative, or showing his hand by making Sanford a mouth-piece for the expression of ideas outside the scope of the novel. Notwithstanding the author's neutrality, only the most literal will overlook in Sanford a character definitely in our time.

In form, The Water Wheel has no counterpart in American letters. It deliberately avoids the traditional, but its objectives are always clarity and simplicity. The many technical and typographical innovations are designed to suit the subject matter, and are not fake-modern tricks.

Sanford, John A.: - John A. Sanford is a Jungian analyst, marriage and family counselor, and pastoral counselor practicing in San Diego, California. He is the author of eighteen books on the subjects of psychology, religion, and individuation. Dr. Sanford served as an Episcopal minister with the Reverend Morton T. Kelsey and studied depth psychology with the late Fritz Kunkel, M.D. He completed his training in Jungian analysis at the C. G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9780578640211
ISBN 10	057864021X
Title	The Water Wheel
Author	Julian L Shapiro
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Tough Poets Press
Year published	2020-03-16
Number of pages	210
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.