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765 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1956
“Is it possible for any man, at the age of twenty-seven, seriously to believe that his situation has been unalterably finalized, however depressingly probable this may in fact be? The twittering of a bird, a tiny gap of blue in the sky, some half-remembered dream when one wakes in the morning - all these are enough to flood one's heart with sudden vague hopes, to fill it with a festive expectation of some great unforeseen happiness...”