The Revenge for Love
by Wyndham Lewis
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Published in the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, The Revenge for Love is a political thriller attacking the fraudulence and feeble-mindedness of life in the Britain of the 1930s. A brilliant satire on a world that has lost its sense of self and been seduced by the appeal of Communism, it is one of a handful of books (it could be compared to Orwell's Coming Up for Air or Koestler's Darkness at Noon) which defined a particular mood and to today's audience gives an unparalleled sense of how show more Europe turned toxic on the eve of the Second World War. A major statement by a great artist and writer The Revenge for Love now deserves a new generation of readers and is the perfect introduction to Lewis's work. show lessTags
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The is an energetic no-holds-barred satire with the benefit of a confident blistering writer to make it soar. It is topical again, now because it eviscerates the chattering classes who coagulate around art, politics and the left wing "scene".
The novel is set in the 1930's and its characters are all invested in communist politics contemporaneous with the Spanish Civil War. Some are painters, but talentless, one of whom openly admits to being so. Their women are poverty stricken but beguiled by the bohemian life and the hot-house left wing world.
Communists in the Spanish Civil War were treacherous and without mercy toward other Republican forces. This novel exposes the treachery of cadres towards their working class faithful; those who show more have been duped by Marxism, but whose fate is a Spanish gaol.
Duplicity abounds and fools rush in in the course of this masterpiece of satire. A superb plot and ripping language make this a great revelatory read that, I am inclined to believe, outshines Orwell. show less
The novel is set in the 1930's and its characters are all invested in communist politics contemporaneous with the Spanish Civil War. Some are painters, but talentless, one of whom openly admits to being so. Their women are poverty stricken but beguiled by the bohemian life and the hot-house left wing world.
Communists in the Spanish Civil War were treacherous and without mercy toward other Republican forces. This novel exposes the treachery of cadres towards their working class faithful; those who show more have been duped by Marxism, but whose fate is a Spanish gaol.
Duplicity abounds and fools rush in in the course of this masterpiece of satire. A superb plot and ripping language make this a great revelatory read that, I am inclined to believe, outshines Orwell. show less
Not bad, a few helpful hints and tips. Admittedly I got every book with allotment in the title after getting my plot last year and this was one so they all blend into one another a bit.
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Wydham Lewis: November 18, 1882 -- March 7, 1957 Distinguished and highly original, Wyndham Lewis was known for his sharp wit and sardonic insight. A modern master of satire, Lewis was born off the coast of Nova Scotia in his English father's yacht on November 18, 1882, and grew up in England with his mother. He was associated with Roger Fry and show more Ezra Pound on the vorticist magazine, Blast (1914--1915). Lewis served in France in World War I, and his dynamic paintings of war scenes soon gained him wide recognition for his art, now represented in the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. After the publication of his naturalistic novel Tarr (1918), he became prominent as a writer. His major work of fiction is The Human Age (1955--56). He also wrote Doom of Youth, The Hitler Cult, and The Jews, Are They Human? Lewis died in London on March 7, 1957. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1937
- First words
- "Claro," said the warder. "Claro, hombre!" It was the condescension of one caballero to another.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And down the front of the mask rolled a sudden tear, which fell upon the dirty floor of the prison.
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