My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without — a so-called normal relation to society. My books are my relation to society.


The Mulberry Tree: Writings of Elizabeth Bowen (1986)


My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without — a so-called normal relation to society. My books...

My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without — a so-called normal relation to society. My books...

My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without — a so-called normal relation to society. My books...

My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without — a so-called normal relation to society. My books...