The gift

Author(s)

• H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Bibliographic Information

The gift

H.D.

（A New Directions book）

New Directions, c1982

• pbk

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In recapturing her memories of being a very little girl in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later on a country place outside Philadelphia, H.D. "let the story tell itself or the child tell it." It is this voice or child's-eye view that lends The Gift its special charm as H.D. recreates the ordinary and extraordinary occasions of her early youth, the nightmares and delights. A road-company presentation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Christmas Eve with its particular family ritual, a family outing, a disturbing accident--the happenings and incidents, perceptions and misconceptions with which a child's life is crowded are the substance of this most winning book. As she did for the H.D. novel HERmione, H.D.'s daughter, Perdita Schaffner, provides a fine introduction.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA23694048
• ISBN:
  • 0811208532
  • 0811208540
• LCCN: 82008027
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 142 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3507.O726
  • DC19 : 813/.52
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00251296