Tomorrow perhaps the future

Watling, Sarah

£12.99

In the 1930s, women and men from across Britain, Europe and America made their way to Spain to be part of what they identified as a historic fight for freedom from fascism. ‘Tomorrow Perhaps the Future’ follows a handful of extraordinary outsiders who were determined to live out their lives with courage and conviction. Sarah Watling weaves together the paths of the American journalists Martha Gellhorn and Josephine Herbst, the British writers and partners Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland, the aristocratic rebel Jessica Mitford, and the maverick poet Nancy Cunard, drawing in their responses to the Spanish Civil War in both literature and life.

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Publish Date: 07/03/2024

Description

In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance.

‘Glorious… so beautifully rendered, so powerful’
ANNA FUNDER, author of Wifedom

In the 1930s, women and men from across the world made their way to Spain to be part of what they saw as a historic fight for freedom from fascism. Tomorrow Perhaps the Future follows extraordinary outsiders who were determined to live out their lives with courage and conviction.

Sarah Watling weaves together the experiences of a host of writers and activists, including Nancy Cunard, Martha Gellhorn, Jessica Mitford and Virginia Woolf, and searches out the stories of the photographer Gerda Taro and the Harlem nurse Salaria Kea. Throughout, she explores solidarity, art and resistance, finding answers that are as vital today as they were almost a century ago.

‘A fascinating study’
OBSERVER

‘Engrossing and impressive
NEW STATESMAN

* A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR *

Additional information

Weight 305 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 23 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

384

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

946.0810922 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K