Wystan and Chester by Thekla Clark

Wystan and Chester by Thekla Clark

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The writer of this memoir of W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman arrived on the island of Ischia as a young American divorcee looking for a new husband. There she got to know Auden and Kallman well and remained close to them for the rest of their lives.

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Wystan and Chester by Thekla Clark

During the 1950s and 1960s, W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman spent their summers on Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, at a time when the island had not yet been developed for tourists. The writer of this memoir, who herself arrived on Ischia as a young American divorcee looking for a new husband, got to know the friends well and remained close to them for the rest of their lives. Her recollections provide a portrait of the two men - their habits, remarks, meals, domestic arrangements, lovers, pets and (eventually, elsewhere) their ageing and decline.
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ISBN 13 9780571179008
ISBN 10 0571179002
Title Wystan and Chester
Author Thekla Clark
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1997-02-03
Number of pages 142
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.