The Green Child
Author(s): Herbert Read
The Green Child is the only novel by Herbert Read - the famous English poet, anarchist, and literary critic. First published by New Directions in 1948, it remains a singular work of bewildering imagination and radiance. The author considered it a philosophical myth akin to Plato's cave. Olivero, the former dictator of a South American country, has returned to his native England after faking his own assassination. On a walk he sees, through a cottage window, a green-skinned young girl tied to a chair. He watches in horror as the kidnapper forces the girl to drink lamb's blood from a cup. Olivero rescues the child, and she leads him into unknown realms.
General Information
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- : New Directions Publishing Corporation
- : New Directions Publishing Corporation
- : 0.23
- : 01 December 2013
- : 203mm X 132mm X 17mm
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Herbert Read
- : 208