Home is so SadPhilip Larkin: Letters Home 1936-1977. Edited by James Booth
2019; Oxford University Press; Volume: 69; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/escrit/cgz004
ISSN1471-6852
Autores Tópico(s)Short Stories in Global Literature
ResumoPhilip Larkin wrote some 4,000 letters and cards to his Mother (‘Mop’, ‘My very dear old creature’), his father (‘Pop’), and his sister Catherine (‘Kitty’). James Booth has selected 607. On the whole they reveal a warmly affectionate family relationship: Dear Mop and Pop, … Your letter was very nice, and not at all a dry one! I’m so glad Pop has got the ‘E. T.’ Lawrence book – it was a gap in our library – Pop’s I mean. I have bought a book for him, which he may not enjoy, for Xmas. By this time Kitty will doubtless have arrived; tell her I stupidly sent a letter to Cedar Road, but doubtless it will follow her home. Is Auntie Nellie coming? (18 December 1943) Sometimes, but rarely, it blossoms into more than that: My dear Mop, It was so kind of you to write as soon as you got back; I must also write to you and say how I liked seeing you. I don’t think it was very nice of me not to have a present or even a card for you, so I can only reiterate that I wish you all you deserve in 1944. Which is quite a lot. For sheer, unselfish, unremitting, uncomplaining labour of love, I’ve never known anyone like you, and I do hope some day soon you will be rewarded. I think of you a lot, and love your letter and emaciated creatures. (13 January 1944)
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