Barbara Comyns

This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs, spies and high society. -- .

Aceasta biografie a Barbara Comyns prezinta o autoare din secolul al XX-lea a carei viata a fost la fel de extraordinara ca si romanele ei. Sute de scrisori nepublicate dezvaluie o femeie uneori disperata, dar plina de resurse si plina de spirit, a carei viata complicata a variat de la saracia indurata cand era tanara pana la amestecarea cu spiv, spioni si inalta societate.