Questions, Resources, and General Banter - Asylum Piece

[Jim]

Anna Kavan was born ‘Helen Emily Woods’ in 1901 in France to British parents. Kavan began her writing career under her married name, Helen Ferguson. She published six novels under this name between 1929 and 1937. These novels were fairly well received in their day. Kavan suffered from a heroin addiction and mental health problems for much of her adult life. In 1940, she published the story collection, Asylum Piece, under a new name, Anna Kavan, a character from her earlier novel, Let Me Alone.


Wikipedia page for Anna Kavan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kavan


Anna Kavan Society:

http://www.annakavan.org.uk/



Feel free to use this thread to ask questions and post links to resources for Anna Kavan and Asylum Piece.

Also, if you’ve written a review of the book, please post a link to share with the group.

[Larry]

Here's my review, thanks Jim. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jim]

Larry wrote: "Here's my review, thanks Jim. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Nice review, Thanks Larry!

If you have a moment, please head over to the discussion threads and share your thoughts about the stories.

[Larry]

I'm planning on it. Gotta figure out what they are first.

[Jim]

For those of you who live in or near London, an Anna Kavan symposium will be held in September this year. Details here:

http://annakavansymposium.wordpress.com/