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by Sherill Tippins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; New edition edition (3 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416522603
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416522607
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,709 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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From 1940 to 1941, WH Auden and Benjamin Britten shared a house in Brooklyn with Paul and Jane Bowles, Carson McCullers and Gypsy Rose Lee, among others. The house was established as an artistic and intellectual community, and Tippins brings to life the rise and fall of the group, exploring the role of art in the first years of World War II as these creative geniuses struggled with the conflict of what to do with so much creativity when the world was so close to chaos.


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Sherril Tippins has worked as an associate producer for PBS's affiliate in Austin, Texas, and is co-author of THE IRREVERENT GUIDE TO NEW YORK.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Warmer than February, 22 Nov 2005
This review is from: February House (Hardcover)
The crossing lives of artists is always fascinating. If we are not biography obsessed, our impressions of artists' personalities are acquired through connections in some form with their work. "The February House" is a successful account of what happens when several disperate (sometimes desperate) artists live together in sort of commune. Auden is the main focus, but I found the more Carson McCullers more interesting; and, while the author writes vividly about this period in these artists' lives, I finished wishing to know more about the life of McCullers.

This is clearly a book the author put lot into -- I imagine the research was extensive. I enjoyed "The February House" thoroughly. To read of these intriguing writers, composers and musicians working with and around each other made them much more human than many biographers could have portrayed them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a gateway to more, 25 Jan 2007
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This book to me was really a gateway of learning and insight into the lives of these wonderful artists. Through highs and lows of creative and social moods it really has left me wanting to know more and more about all involved. Tippins must have done so so much work on this book and i want to say that its really worth while.
I want to recommend this book to anyone, i feel it will not only be a good read for you but stir within you a creative streak!
loved it
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