A Dance to the Music of Time
by Anthony Powell
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalromancefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadssocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded novel that is emotional, heavy and wide-ranging. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
Anthony Powell’s universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art.
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- Author
- Anthony Powell
- Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 274
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- Open Library
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