![]() In the narration there must be an element of conjury, and of that William Sansom is an evident master.'Įlizabeth Bowen (from her 'Introduction') Here is a writer whose faculties not only suit the short story but are suited by it - suited and, one may feel, enhanced. is a masterpiece, at once pure thought and pure action, of the best short stories of the twentieth century.' a short story about a man climbing a very high ladder and becoming more and more afraid. This stunning collection, introduced by Elizabeth Bowen, offers a gleaming array of Sansom's finest fables, among them 'The Wall', 'A Contest of Ladies', 'Displaced Persons', 'Various Temptations', 'A Saving Grace', 'A Woman Seldom Found', and 'The Vertical Ladder.' Their environs are often menacing and unfailingly strange.' ![]() 'The worlds William Sansom surprises into life are populated with gentle stranglers and murderous lovers, with beasts that think like men and men who dream themselves into beasts. Sansom's publisher described his work as "modern fables," but what makes them so ripe for rediscovery is their freshness and currency.' Sansom writes of head-aching hatreds and hopeless ecstasies, of malevolent objects and wasted lives. ![]() He wrote in hallucinatory detail, bringing every image into pin-sharp focus. ![]() ![]() 'William Sansom was once described as London's closest equivalent to Franz Kafka. ![]()
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