ANTHONY POWELL
January/February 2012
A new limited-edition paperback documents the charming correspondence between US book collector Robert Vanderbilt and Anthony Powell
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January/February 2012
Evelyn Waugh said that WWII would serve writers well, replenishing their stocks of experience. But several works borne out of the war were masterpieces of literature
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June 2011
Influenced by Proust, Anthony Powell shared more than a mere interest in memory with the French literary master
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