Incense to Idols - Sylvia Ashton-Warner

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Following Spinster, Ashton-Warner wrote this work. It is the story of Germaine de Bauvais, who ‘only live(s) the top half’ of herself, burning incense to the idols of love - men, her appearance and alcohol - rather than to pure emotion itself.

As the biographical note by Te Pou Muramura notes, while Time magazine listed it, as it had Spinster, among its top ten books of the year, the New Zealand response was both muted and hostile.

Secker and Warburg, 1960. First edition hardback, 286 pages. Dust jacket. 

Condtion: secondhand hardback in very good condition with dust jacket in good condition. Some rubbing to dust jacket edges and tape on the inside of the dust jacket at top and bottom of the spine for strength. Dedicated to a former owner by Terry Sturm and Helen Gilbert.