The Dry Wood
Book description
In the English-speaking world, the Catholic Literary Revival is typically associated with the work of G. K. Chesterton/Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene. But in fact the Revival's most numerous members were women. While some of these women remain well known?Muriel Spark, Antonia White, Flannery O'Connor, Dorothy Day?many have…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Dry Wood as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What a treasure. The Dry Wood is one of the best Catholic novels I've read. I consider it a lost classic. Written shortly after World War II ended, the story takes place during the war and is set in an underprivileged village in the English countryside. Characters' inner and outer journeys are revealed as the main storyline unfolds. Houselander weaves into the novel deep themes about the nature of love, belief, suffering, redemption, what it means to be Catholic, and more.