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A review by 1siobhan
Another Time, Another Place by Jessie Kesson
5.0
Excellent short book by the Scottish modernist Jessie Kesson, a friend and contemporary of Nan Shepherd.
Our unnamed narrator, called only "the young woman" throughout the book. She is newly (and unhappily) wed to a farmer and lives in a very rural Scottish community she does not really fit into. When three Italian prisoners of war arrive, the young woman's entire existence is called into doubt as she is removed from her harsh life and thus able to awake not only on a sexual level.
The writing is very beautiful & I loved how these three Prisoners of War make the young woman's world so much larger just by existing.
5 Stars
Our unnamed narrator, called only "the young woman" throughout the book. She is newly (and unhappily) wed to a farmer and lives in a very rural Scottish community she does not really fit into. When three Italian prisoners of war arrive, the young woman's entire existence is called into doubt as she is removed from her harsh life and thus able to awake not only on a sexual level.
The writing is very beautiful & I loved how these three Prisoners of War make the young woman's world so much larger just by existing.
5 Stars