Beyond the Glass (Virago Modern Classics)
by Antonia White
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Author: Antonia WhiteEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-01
ISBN: 1844083683
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Virago UK
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Summary: 4 Stars
I just finished reading Antonia White's book, Beyond the Glass, and I have to say it's incredible. I recently read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and I loved it. I was surprised to find that I enjoyed White's book as much as Ms. Plath's book. If you liked The Bell Jar I'm fairly confident that you will quite enjoy White's Beyond the Glass.
As far as I know there aren't many books of autobiographical fiction about the experience of manic-depression. I found White's description of hypomania breathtaking, particularly the scene where she and Richard are on a drive on a "[...] brilliant November day". I found the images chilling: `the leaves and bare stems, stubble and dying grass, glowed with soft fires of crimson, amber and rosy brown'. White shows her genius as a writer in this scene: she successfully conveys Clara's intense hypomania and shows that the enthusiasm that accompanies such an abnormal mood state can make even the dullest of November days "brilliant" and beautiful... painfully beautiful almost.
I have experienced such vast moods swings myself and I must say that White captures the experience perfectly. She was truly an incredible writer.
Even if you haven't experienced the mood swings of manic-depression you will enjoy the book; the language is simply stunning. Clara is a survivor as White must have been; if you have ever felt that all the odds were against you this book will inspire you. It's the kind of book that makes you feel less lonely; it's the kind of book you know you will re-read more than once.
Summary of Beyond the Glass (Virago Modern Classics)
Clara Batchelor is 22. Her brief, doomed marriage to Archie over, she returns to live with her parents in the home of her childhood. She hopes for comfort, but the devoutly Catholic household confines her and forms a dangerous glass wall of guilt and repression between Clara and the outside world. Clara both longs for and fears what lies beyond, yet when she escapes into an exhilarating and passionate love affair, her fragile identity cracks. An extraordinary portrayal of a woman's descent into madness, this novel completes Antonia White's brilliant "May Quartet."
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