A visionary masterpiece filled with quicksand portals, revolutionary dictators, and subterranean worlds
Pub Date: Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
The Green Child is the only novel by Herbert Read — the famous English poet, anarchist, and literary critic. First published by New Directions in 1948, it remains a singular work of bewildering imagination and radiance. The author
considered it a philosophical fable akin to Plato's cave.
Olivero, the former dictator of a South American country, has returned to his native England after faking his own assassination. On a walk he sees, through a cottage window, a green-skinned young girl tied to a chair. He watches in horror as a man forces the girl to drink lamb's blood from a cup. Olivero rescues the child, and she leads him into unknown realms.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"[A] very charming philosophical tale." (The Times [London])
"[R]emarkable for its cool yet vivid style." (Bob Barker, poet)
"The Green Child is the kind of book to write if you are going to leave just the one novel behind: singular, odd, completely original." (Geoffrey Wheatcroft)
About the Author:
20th Century British writer
Herbert Read (1893-1968) was a British poet, editor, publisher, essayist, and critic. He attended the University of Leeds and served in the British Army during World War I. He went on to act as editor for Burlington Magazine and lecturer at Liverpool University and at Harvard University. He passed away in 1968.
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