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An Imaginative Experience (Paperback)

by Mary Wesley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (3 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099499096
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099499091
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 145,089 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A traveller on an InterCity train returning to London smells the burn of brakes as it hisses to a stop in the middle of the countryside. He sees a white-faced woman leap from the train and race to the aid of a sheep stranded on its back, unable to rise, in a field. Righting it, she turns, and he sees her face which is full of tragedy. Considering tragedies of his own, he does not intrude, but the image lodges in his mind: a strange but familiar despair, unable, despite itself, to ignore the desperation it recognises in others. From these seeds, Mary Wesley draws out a plot of an unforgettable impact: of loss, of release, of a necessarily comic acceptance of fate, of love - the 'imaginative experience'. Rich in character and wit, and powerfully moving, this is a novel of the heart's pain and deliverance.


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This is a carthatic, superb novel - Time Out
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4.0 out of 5 stars Another classic form Mary Wesley, 3 Feb 2001
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The heroine in this book captures the attention of her fellow passengers by pulling the communtication cord on a train to rescue a sheep. Whilst one of the passengers is haunted by this image we discover the woman is in the midst of her own tragedy. Although this isn't the best Mary Wesley novel I've ever read it is certainely a brilliant book. Wesley does not shy away from tackling the big issues, life, sex and death, but does not do so in a morbid way. this book is modern without being full to the brim of heroin addicts and hard core sex, and can be enjoyed by all ages, my Grandma is also a fan!
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