A Web of Friendship: Selected Letters (1928-1973) by Christina Stead

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good to near fine condition. Very minor wear to book corners and edges.

A Web of Friendship is a collection of Christina Stead's intimate correspondence with influential literary figures such as Stanley Burnshaw, Ettore Rella, Nettie Palmer, Clem Christesen, Elizabeth Harrower and A D Hope.

These letters span the life of one of Australia's most illustrious writers, offering a rare insight into the relationships that influenced and sustained her work. They reveal Stead's reflections on the art of literature, the development of her political thought, and the significance of a handful of friendships that would endure throughout her life and career.

The letters cover Stead's arrival in England in 1928 and her time abroad in Europe and the United States. They also detail her marriage to William Blake, their life in England, where they settled in 1953, her brief return to Australia and her final years in England following Blake's death. (publisher blurb)