Year Before Last by Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle's second novel, Year Before Last, was published in 1932 by Harrison Smith in New York and by Faber and Faber in London, in each case a true edition from different settings of type. Matthew J. Bruccoli, the textual editor of the Crosscurrents/Modern Fiction series, has used the Harrison Smith edition in preparing this volume which is unique in the annals of textual editing of a modern novel because the emendations in the copy-text have been approved by the author. Harry T. Moore has provided a Preface which considers this work in relation to Miss Boyle's development as a novelist. Mr. Bruccoli's Note on the Text provides information about both the 1932 editions and lists the emendations.
Against the background of the French Riviera we watch the unfolding of the story of a young woman who has left her husband for another man, a poet of compelling personality. Their love affair is complicated by the insane jealousy of an older woman which leads them to acts of desperation. This novel of love and hate moves forward in swift incident and action to a dramatic end.
Kay Boyle was a writer and political activist who lived from 1902 until 1992. She received two Guggenheim grants and the O. In 1935 and 1941, he won the Henry Prize for best short story of the year, received numerous honorary degrees, and served as the Henry James chair of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The National Endowment for the Arts gave her a Senior Fellowship for Literature in 1981.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809303908 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809303906 |
| Title | Year Before Last |
| Author | Kay Boyle |
| Series | Crosscurrents Modern Fiction |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Year published | 1969-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |