The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (New Directions Bibelot)

Fiction & Literature, Drama, American, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Literary
Cover of the book The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (New Directions Bibelot) by Tennessee Williams, New Directions
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tennessee Williams ISBN: 9780811220460
Publisher: New Directions Publication: September 17, 1993
Imprint: New Directions Language: English
Author: Tennessee Williams
ISBN: 9780811220460
Publisher: New Directions
Publication: September 17, 1993
Imprint: New Directions
Language: English

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is vintage Tennessee Williams.

Published in 1950, his first novel was acclaimed by Gore Vidal as "Splendidly written, precise, short, complete and fine."

It is the story of a wealthy, fiftyish American widow, recently a famous stage beauty, but now "drifting." The novel opens soon after her husband's death and her retirement from the theatre, as Mrs. Stone tries to adjust to her aimless new life in Rome. She is adjusting, too, to aging ("The knowledge that her beauty was lost had come upon her recently and it was still occasionally forgotten.") With poignant wit and his own particular brand of relish, Williams charts her drift into an affair with a cruel young gigolo: "As compelling, as fascinating, and as technically skilled as his plays." (Publishers Weekly)

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is vintage Tennessee Williams.

Published in 1950, his first novel was acclaimed by Gore Vidal as "Splendidly written, precise, short, complete and fine."

It is the story of a wealthy, fiftyish American widow, recently a famous stage beauty, but now "drifting." The novel opens soon after her husband's death and her retirement from the theatre, as Mrs. Stone tries to adjust to her aimless new life in Rome. She is adjusting, too, to aging ("The knowledge that her beauty was lost had come upon her recently and it was still occasionally forgotten.") With poignant wit and his own particular brand of relish, Williams charts her drift into an affair with a cruel young gigolo: "As compelling, as fascinating, and as technically skilled as his plays." (Publishers Weekly)

More books from New Directions

Cover of the book Moise and the World of Reason by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Now the Cats With Jeweled Claws & Other One-Act Plays by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese: Love and the Turning Year by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Pack My Bag: A Self-Portrait by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Gandhi on Non-Violence by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Immigrants in Our Own Land & Selected Early Poems by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book The Unknown University by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book The Ghosts of Birds by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Spring Poems Along the Rio Grande by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Eight Stories (New Directions Bibelot) by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book The Sinistra Zone by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Final Exam by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book Poems of Denise Levertov, 1960-1967 by Tennessee Williams
Cover of the book The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim by Tennessee Williams
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy