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Party in the Blitz : the English years
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Party in the Blitz : the English years

by Elias Canetti, Michael Hofmann, Jeremy Adler

This autobiographical volume recounts the years of exile spent in wartime and post-war Britain, analysing the country's social elite and offering candid portraits of prominent literary and intellectual figures.

Accession 26064 ISBN 1843432048 Publisher Harvill Press
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