- Paperback: 520 pages
- Publisher: Imprint unknown; New edition edition (Oct 25 1973)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0903747057
- ISBN-13: 978-0903747059
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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From Library Journal
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in Powys, with many of his books returning to print. Those who have read him know that his novels encompass a great deal. This 1934 title follows the lives of protagonist Jobber Skald and the inhabitants of the British seaside town of Weymouth Sands. Skald holds a secret desire to kill a brutish quarry owner and a secret love for Perdita Wane.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Review
"Thousands of baby boom readers who grew up with Tolkein now want to spend their mature adulthood with the chronicles of Powys" - Independent. "An intricate, provocative and living example of the novel which takes people as it finds them... The cool, calm impersonability of Weymouth Sands, and the author's all but diabolical power to peer beneath the surface, combine to make it a book of moment" - New York Times.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit of a disapointment,
By Stephane St-Hilaire (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weymouth Sands (Paperback)
First of all forgive my English, it is not my native tongue. Having read A Glastonburry Romance first and being overall pleased with it I was looking forward to reading this one. Overall it misses the mark in generally the same manner as Glastonburry does, the start of the book throws you in a new scenery, convincing enough and quite evocative and you get the feeling of truly being displaced and part of a new life (at least if you don't live around there)but the problem is that you are introduced to a large number of characters and story lines but none of them end up leading anywhere (a bit too much like normal life...). I mean what is the point of stepping into the minds and psychological processes of a dozen characters if nothing ends up happenning ? You keep reading quotes about Powys being the Dostoievsky of English literature but I plainly don't see it... I suggest you get any book from Dostoieivsky before this one (which is what I did)....
5.0 out of 5 stars
phantasmagoric,
By Eddie Watkins (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weymouth Sands (Paperback)
This one seems to have been pulled from the most watery depths of Powys' imagination. It is saturated with an inscrutable feminine element, a mysterious plexus of forces. As much as I like most of his other books this one seems the most naturally magical, not as often forced as the others. The plot possibly suffers from his giving in to the dreamy depths of his imagination, but I welcome the richness of sheer strange atmosphere he manages because of this limitation.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A calm, grey masterpiece,
By A Customer
This review is from: Weymouth Sands (Paperback)
Powys's scene is the overarching image for this silent, serene, sad book. The sands at Weymouth, and the sea lapping, or crashing, on them reflect the human drama, the human heart. The book is filled with unforgettable people, and Powys delves quietly beneath their conventional surfaces to reveal their torment, joy, longing.
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