The Coming Day and Other Stories
by Edward Upward
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These stories (one novella-length, six shorter) testify to Edward Upward's continuing creativity into his mid-nineties. They interweave elements from every period of his work: railway accidents and Kafkaesque dreams recall his earliest; concern for the survival of humanity maintains the left-wing commitment of his middle years; and the more contemplative note of his later writing now deepens with the themes of ageing, bereavement and death. The protagonists are threatened by a malevolent show more state and socio-political violence, but sustained by visions of a better future and the restorative of sexual love. The precise observation and lucid dialogue that always marked Upward's fiction still make a powerful impression. show lessTags
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Author Edward Upward was born in Romford, England on September 9, 1903. He met Christopher Isherwood at the Repton School and their friendship grew as they went on to study at Cambridge University. Together they created the imaginary village of Mortmere. He wrote numerous books including The Railway Accident, Journey to the Border, and A Renegade show more in Springtime. He joined the Communist Party in 1932, but left the British Communist Party in 1948 because he and his wife felt it had become soft. He died on February 13, 2009 at the age of 105. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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