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First published in 1940, THE MAN WHO LOVED CHILDREN is Australian author Christina Steads masterpiece about family life, set in depression-era Washington. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the childrens adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies beneath his mad visions.
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This crazy, gorgeous family novel is one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century. I carry it in my head the way I carry childhood memories; the scenes are of such precise horror and comedy that I feel I didn't read the book so much as live it. --Jonathan Franzen
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Christina Stead (1902-1983) was born in Australia but lived for many years in London and New York, which she took as the settings for her major novels. She worked in banks and as a screenwriter while writing the acclaimed novels, The Man Who Loved Children, A House of All Nations, and Letty Fox: Her Luck. She returned to Australia in the early 1970s and lived there for the rest of her life.
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- PublisherApollo Library
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1784971480
- ISBN 13 9781784971489
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