Sister Age - Softcover
Fifteen stories by the acclaimed writer focus on the art and processes of aging and living and dying, the implacable strength of age, the passing of identity, and the importance of witnessing death
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In these fifteen remarkable stories, M.F.K. Fisher, one of the most admired writers of our time, embraces age as St. Francis welcomed Brother Pain. With a saint to guide us, she writes in her Foreword, perhaps we can accept in a loving way "the inevitable visits of a possibly nagging harpy like Sister Age" But in the stories, it is the human strength in the unavoidable encounter with the end of life that Mrs. Fisher dramatizes so powerfully. Other themes -- the importance of witnessing death, the marvelous resilience of the old, the passing of vanity -- are all explored with insight, sympathy and, often, a sly wit.
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In these fifteen remarkable stories, M.F.K. Fisher embraces age as St. Francis welcomed Brother Pain. With a saint to guide us, she writes in her Forewod, perhaps we can accept in a loving way 'the inevitable visits of a possibly nagging harpy like Sister Age.' But in these stories, it is the human strength in the unavoidable encounter with the end of life that Mrs. Fisher dramatizes so powerfully.
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- PublisherTrafalgar Square
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0701127635
- ISBN 13 9780701127633
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages243
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover. Seller Inventory # CHL9568322
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Chatto & Windus Edition. Paperback. Very slight crease to front cover. One of th4e most uniquely gifted writers of our time, M. F. K. Fisher has always been deeply drawn to the world of the old; and in this book she gives us fifteen remarkable insights into the art of ageing and living and dying. The importance of witnessing death, the extraordinary resilience of the opld, the passing of vanity and the losing of identiy, the mysteries and the numinous moments; all are explored unflinchingly yet sympathetically, and with the marvellous mixture of vividness and wit, instuition and exactitude, that is so characteristic of a writer of homw W. H. Auden once said 'I do not know anyone in the United States today who writes better prose'. 243 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 077576
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 243 pages. Cover worn. Spine fadedIn these fifteen remarkable stories, M.F.K. Fisher, one of the most admired writers of our t ime, embraces age as St. Francis welcomed Brother Pain. With a sa int to guide us, she writes in her Foreword, perhaps we can accep t in a loving way the inevitable visits of a possibly nagging ha rpy like Sister Age But in the stories, it is the human strength in the unavoidable encounter with the end of life that Mrs. Fishe r dramatizes so powerfully. Other themes -- the importance of wit nessing death, the marvelous resilience of the old, the passing o f vanity -- are all explored with insight, sympathy and, often, a sly wit. Seller Inventory # 2098m
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Book Description paperback, 243pp, edges browning, text clean and tight, spine not creased, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0701127635. Seller Inventory # 926258
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