Ebony and Ivory

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Literature & Fiction

Powys, Llewelyn

Contemporary

Kessinger Publishing

In 1931, after two decades of wandering the world, Llewelyn Powys moved into an isolated cliff-top cottage in Dorset, England. Once settled, he embarked on a series of essays embracing the poetry of life. In their evocations of land and sea, of childhood and old age, of wildlife, chance meetings, and remembered conversations, they are a poignant love letter to the English countryside. Part manifesto for the life-enhancing power of nature, part a philosophy for living formed by bittersweet experience, all these writings are underpinned by the `miracle' of being alive, and a belief that the enjoyment of nature is the birthright of us all.  ""In this charming collection of short essays, Powys returns to the English countryside of his childhood and explores its wildlife and his past with sharp insight and moving lyricism.""--Publishers Weekly

Earth memories (Essay index reprint series)

Books For Libraries Press

Confessions of Two Brothers

POWYS,John Cowper

Sinclair Brown

Dorset Essays

Redcliffe

Black laughter

ISBS, distributor]

A deeply personal meditation on death and the meaning of life First published in 1925, Skin For Skin is a deeply personal account of Llewelyn Powys' encounter with tuberculosis, which he contracted in 1909 at the age of twenty-five. In those days, prior to the discovery of antibiotics, TB - or consumption as it was then called - was a leading cause of death; for Powys, the bubbling sensation in his lungs and the blood in his mouth amounted to a sentence of death. In the pages of this uncompromising memoir we accompany him to a Swiss sanitarium to recover his health, then back to the south of England for a period of convalescence, hoping that the dreadful symptoms do not return. Hoping - but not praying. For Powys, an atheist, there is no comfort in a belief in God and an immortal soul, and so he finds himself staring into the abyss. The experience, as so much else in the book, is recounted in powerfully vivid, lyrical prose: "I would wake in the small hours of the morning swaddled in fear. With scared eyes I would peer into the darkness of my room, and into the unknown days before me, and come to realize, during those tense, suspended moments, how completely unattended, how intolerably alone we are, each one of us, like cattle herded into a merciless stockyard, to be driven into the shambles, separately, when our turn comes." And yet, despite the soulless darkness, there is reason for existence. As we see in Skin For Skin, Powys finds it in enjoying life to the fullest, in feasting upon it while he has it, in squeezing the last drop of joy from each day. As the Brooklyn Daily Eagle concluded in its review of the book in 1925, "Rugged, brutal and yet, in spots, tender, Skin For Skin makes life worth living after all."

Skin For Skin

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Conquistador Press

Confessions of two brothers, John Cowper Powys [and] Llewellyn Powys

History

BiblioLife

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Love And Death: An Imaginary Autobiography

Arts & Literature

Ebony and Ivory is a novel by Llewelyn Powys that was first published in 1923. The story follows the lives of two brothers, Ebony and Ivory, who are born into a privileged family in England. Ebony is the elder brother, and he is dark, brooding, and passionate, while Ivory is fair, gentle, and scholarly. Despite their differences, the brothers are devoted to each other and share a deep bond.As they grow up, Ebony becomes increasingly drawn to the wild, untamed landscapes of the English countryside, while Ivory is more interested in books and intellectual pursuits. When their father dies, the brothers inherit the family estate, but they soon find themselves at odds over how to manage it. Ebony wants to preserve the land in its natural state, while Ivory wants to modernize and develop it.Their differences come to a head when Ebony falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl named Rosalind, who is shunned by society because of her ethnicity. Ivory disapproves of the relationship and tries to break them apart, leading to a bitter feud between the brothers.Ebony and Ivory is a powerful and moving exploration of the complexities of sibling relationships, the clash between tradition and modernity, and the struggle to find one's place in the world. Powys's vivid descriptions of the English countryside and his evocative prose make this novel a timeless classic of English literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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