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DawnPowellNovels,1930-1942

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Fordecadesafterherdeath,DawnPowell'sworkwasoutofprint,cherishedbyasmallbandofadmirers.OnlyrecentlyhastherebeenrenewedawarenessofthenovelistwhowassuchavitalpresenceinliteraryGreenwichVillagefromthe1920stothe1960s.Withthesetwovolumes,TheLibraryofAmericapresentsthebestofPowell'squirky,oftenhilarious,sometimesdeeplymovingfiction.DawnPowellwasthetirelesslyobservantchronicleroftwoverydifferentworlds:thesmall-townOhioofherchildhoodandthesophisticatedManhattantowhichshegravitated.IfherOhionovelsaremoremelancholyandcompassionateintheirdepictionofoftenfrustratedlives,herManhattannovels,withtheircastofwriters,showpeople,businessmen,andhustlinghangers-on,aremoreexuberantandincisive.Butallshowrichcharacterizationandaflairforthegistofsocialcomplexities.Aplayfulsatirist,anunsentimentalobserveroffailedhopesandmisguidedlongings,DawnPowellisaliteraryrediscoveryofrareimportance.

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