Machines in the Head: The Selected Short Writing of Anna Kavan

Anna Kavan


3.67 · 6 ratings · Published: 30 May 2019

Machines in the Head: The Selected Short Writing of Anna Kavan by Anna Kavan
This collection of Anna Kavan’s short fiction and journalism marks fifty years since her death in 1968. From moving portraits of clinical depression to phantasmagoric visions of sci-fi wonder – including the previously unpublished story ‘Starting a Career’ – the writings collected in Machines in the Head offer an accessible introduction to readers new to her work and a timely survey of Kavan's diverse writing talents for her fans. Her journalism, giving insight into her radical politics and her thoughts on writing and writers, is reproduced in full.

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