“[Thebook]I’llbepressingintopeople’shandsforeveris“LollyWillowes,“the1926novelbySylviaTownsendWarner.Ittellsthestoryofawomanwhorejectsthelifethatsocietyhasfixedforherinfavoroffreedomandthemostunexpectedofalliances.Itcompletelyblindsidedme:Startingasastraightforward,albeitbeautifullywrittenfamilysaga,ittipssuddenlyintoextraordinary,lucidwildness.“-HelenMacdonaldinTheNewYorkTimesBookReview’s“BytheBook.“InLollyWillowes,SylviaTownsendWarnertellsofanagingspinster’sstruggletobreakwayfromhercontrollingfamily--aclassicstorythatshetreatswithcoolfeministintelligence,whileaddingadimensionofthesupernaturalandstrange.Warnerisoneoftheoutstandingandindispensablemavericksoftwentieth-centuryliterature,awritertosetbesideDjunaBarnesandJaneBowles,withasubversivegeniusthatanticipatesthefantasticflightsofsuchcontemporariesasAngelaCarterandJeanetteWinterson.
