The Knitting Woman - Softcover

Vetterlein, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420881043 ISBN 13: 9781420881042

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

The Knitting Woman The Knitting Woman''s story is told by a scholar who has, through chance, crossed her path and who cannot get her out of his mind. A picture of the narrator himself emerges as he consults with his mentor on the many issues thrown up by the Knitting Woman and her predicament. The Knitting Woman is in her mid to late twenties (possibly). She may be dumb and a little hard of hearing for she never speaks. Her antecedents also appear within the novel.The novel progresses as a sort of journey, for the Knitting Woman is a lady of the road. The setting is initially London and moves via Shrewsbury to West Wales. The time is between 1960 and 1980.

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About the Author:

John Vetterlein - publicity blurb John Vetterlein was born in 1935 and spent the period of the Second World War close to London''s East End. Music, literature and the sciences were powerful influences during his formative years. Having worked in civilian hospitals as a conscientious objector to military National Service, he spent some time in the National Health Service as well as lecturing for London University in astronomy and mathematics. He taught for a period in London secondary schools before moving to Wales in 1971. He was on the staff of the Music Department, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1983 to 1990. His fiction writing includes numerous poems, over 200 short stories, long stories and sixteen novels. He now lives and works in Orkney.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1420881043
• ISBN 13: 9781420881042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128