Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney
Book Details
- Publisher : Princeton U.P.
- Published : 2021
- Cover : Hardback
- Pages : 512
- Category :
Selected Fiction, Biography and Memoir - Catalogue No : 96123
- ISBN 13 : 9780691212784
- ISBN 10 : 9780691212
Reviews and Endorsements
"The most comprehensive [biography] to date... Dweller in Shadows has many virtues. . . . The deepest impress of [the] book, however, is that it grows into the portrait of a hero." - Anthony Lane, New Yorker
"Kate Kennedy finally does justice to the neglected poet, whose musician's ear for the sounds of the war captures the reality of trench life like no other . . . . enthralling, meticulously researched and deeply sympathetic." - Andrew Motion, Spectator
"[A] poignant biography of Gurney. . . In Dweller in Shadows, [Kate Kennedy] captures not only her subject's melancholy and angst but also his unique artistic accomplishments. For this Ms. Kennedy is particularly well-suited. . .Her longtime interest in the intersection of words and music is evident in her sensitive analysis of Gurney's songs and her careful, probing readings of his verse." - David Yezzi, Wall Street Journal
"It is compelling and extraordinary." - Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 'In Tune'
"[A] fine, well-researched and intelligent biography. . . . This painstaking biography will do much to enhance [Gurney's] reputation." - Simon Heffer, Literary Review
"This substantial and, for the most part, unusually readable biography gives us a rich picture of the world and terrible existence of an astonishing, multitalented artist whose true time is long overdue." - Lachlan Mackinnon, Times Literary Supplement