{"product_id":"abuyers-market-by-powell-anthony-author-on-jan062005-paperback-9780099472391","title":"ABuyers Market by Powell Anthony  Author  ON","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A Dance to the Music of Time'' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this second volume, Nick Jenkins is struggling to establish himself in London after graduating from university. As old friends come and go  Stringham takes the leap into marriage, Templer heads into the world of business and Widmerpool, confident in his own importance, begins a career in law  Nick starts to make new acquaintances, and throws himself into society life. In this new world of glamorous Debutante balls and leisurely country visits, Nick has his first encounter with love and its disappointments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the great novel-sequences in English Literature – a wonderful portrait of society, full of insight into the complexities of human behaviour, richly detailed and shrewdly funny.\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering Anthony Powell’s “A Dance to the Music of Time” has been one of the greatest pleasures of my reading life. The cool elegance of the prose, the deliciously dry humour, the confident choreography of his characters make for an incomparable treat. -- Michael Palin\u003cbr\u003e“A Dance To The Music of Time” is an epic, elegant masterpiece, so full of lightness and comedy that you're unprepared for how it quietly wrecks your heart. -- Lauren Groff\u003cbr\u003ePowell’s novel sequence is at once a rich chronicle of 20th-century English social life and an intricately wrought work of art. It is also extremely funny, in its sly fashion.\u003cbr\u003eThe novels of Powell’s “A Dance to the Music of Time” themselves move hand in hand in intricate measure through the last century, bearing wisdom and understanding for the present. In an ever-quicker, ever-shallower world, his steadiness and wit reliably escort the reader into depth and patience. Nobody gives pattern to the spectacle of human existence like Powell. -- Louisa Young\u003cbr\u003eA masterful stylist and a wise, often hilarious observer of human nature and his times, Anthony Powell is an under-appreciated literary gem. The pleasures and dramas of the “Dance” continue to illuminate daily life. -- Claire Messud\u003cbr\u003eReading “A Dance to the Music of Time” was such a joyous experience, I remember wishing there'd been more than twelve volumes. -- Roddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003eI re-read the \"Dance\" every five years or so and always find something new – the world has changed but the characters are evergreen. Everybody has a Widmerpool in their life. -- Daisy Goodwin\u003cbr\u003eHe has wit, style, and panache, in a world where those qualities are in permanently short supply * The New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e[A] comic masterpiece * Irish Times *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524370309463,"sku":"9780099472391","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099472391.jpg?v=1731856507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/abuyers-market-by-powell-anthony-author-on-jan062005-paperback-9780099472391","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}