The Horse's Mouth

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The Horse's Mouth The Horse's Mouth is a portrait of an artistic temperament. Its principal character, Gulley Jimson, is an impoverished painter who bothers little about the customary obligations and decencies. But although he is a bad citizen he is a good artist, so wholly preoccupied with his art that he is willing to endure any privation for its sake. Gulley Jimson, however, is no self-conscious martyr. He is so wholly ailergic to conventional values as to find a sardonic delight in flouting them, and the only morality he practises is the devotion he gives to painting. 'Mr Joyce Cary is an important and exciting writer: there's no doubt about that. To use Tennyson's phrase, he is a Lord of Language . . . if you like rich writing full of gusto and accurate originál character drawing, you will get it from The Horse's Mouth. Mr Cary is the right horse'-John Betjeman in the Daily Herald 'The Horse's Mouth has the kick of ten stallions. Mr Joyce Cary writes at top pace, at the top of... Tovább

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The Horse's Mouth The Horse's Mouth is a portrait of an artistic temperament. Its principal character, Gulley Jimson, is an impoverished painter who bothers little about the customary obligations and decencies. But although he is a bad citizen he is a good artist, so wholly preoccupied with his art that he is willing to endure any privation for its sake. Gulley Jimson, however, is no self-conscious martyr. He is so wholly ailergic to conventional values as to find a sardonic delight in flouting them, and the only morality he practises is the devotion he gives to painting. 'Mr Joyce Cary is an important and exciting writer: there's no doubt about that. To use Tennyson's phrase, he is a Lord of Language . . . if you like rich writing full of gusto and accurate originál character drawing, you will get it from The Horse's Mouth. Mr Cary is the right horse'-John Betjeman in the Daily Herald 'The Horse's Mouth has the kick of ten stallions. Mr Joyce Cary writes at top pace, at the top of his voice, and the top of his form ... for the argót and aroma of its bars and doss-houses-and for a lively parade of gross and roaring Bohemian humours-this book is a nailer and a knockout'- Ivor Brown in the Observer The r.over shows a detail from 'Desire' by Stanley Spencer, in the collection of Lady Walston For copyright reasons this edition is not for sale in the U.S.A. Vissza