![]() ![]() ![]() The experiences recorded in It Was Different at the Time overlap in period and subject with Holden's earlier work Night Shift, setting up a vibrant dialogue between the two texts. It Was Different at the Time was intended to be a join project written with Holden's friend George Orwell and includes disguised appearances by Stevie Smith and other notable literary figures of the period. Per the jacket copy: Their drama comes from the courage and endurance of ordinary people met in the factories, streets and lodging houses of a city under bombardment. Kristin Bluemel's edited edition of mid-century British writer Inez Holden's two short works, a novella and a memoir, written from the experience of the 1940-1941 London Blitz. "Essential documents of the Blitz"-Rod Mengham, TLS. "Bluemel’s introduction is invaluable not just for putting these two books in the context of writings about the war but also for providing the only available overview of Holden’s life and work to be published this century"- Neglected Books Page. ![]()
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