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The man who loved children

Set in Baltimore in the 1930s, this novel tells of American family life, of the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives.

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  • "Man who loved children"@it
  • "Man who loved children"

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  • "Set in Baltimore in the 1930s, this novel tells of American family life, of the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives."@en
  • "The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington during the 1930s, Sam and Henny Pollit are a warring husband and wife. Their tempestuous marriage, aggravated by too little money, lies at the centre of Stead's satirical and brilliantly observed novel about the relations between husbands and wives, and parents and children. Sam, a scientist, uses words as weapons of attack and control on his children and is prone to illusions of power and influence that fail to extend beyond his family. His wife Henny, who hails from a wealthy Baltimore fami."
  • "The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington during the 1930s, Sam and Henny Pollit are a warring husband and wife. Their tempestuous marriage, aggravated by too little money, lies at the centre of Stead's satirical and brilliantly observed novel about the relations between husbands and wives, and parents and children. First published in 1940, The Man Who Loved Children was hailed for its satiric energy. Now its originality is again lauded by novelist, Jonathan Franzen, in his illuminating new introduction."
  • "Every family lives in an evolving story, told by all its members, inside a landscape of portentous events and characters. Their view of themselves is not shared by people looking from outside in--visitors, and particularly not relatives--for they have to see something pretty humdrum, even if, as in this case, the fecklessness them complain of is extreme."
  • "Every family lives in an evolving story, told by all its members, inside a landscape of portentous events and characters. Their view of themselves is not shared by people looking from outside in--visitors, and particularly not relatives--for they have to see something pretty humdrum, even if, as in this case, the fecklessness them complain of is extreme."@en
  • "Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to ffed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives."
  • "& ldquo;This crazy, gorgeous family novel is one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century. I carry it in my head the way I carry childhood memories; the scenes are of such precise horror and comedy that I feel I didn & rsquo;t read the book so much as live it. & rdquo; & mdash;Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom The Man Who Loved Children is a brutally honest examination of domestic life and family. Sam and Henny Pollit have too much & mdash;too much contempt for one another, too many children, too much strain under endless obligation. Flush with ego and a chilling domestic power, Sam torments his children, bending and manipulating their seemingly limitless love to his overbearing advantage, while Henny looks on desperately, all too aware of the madness at its root. A favorite novel of Jonathan Franzen and Randall Jarrell, among many others, The Man Who Loved Children stands as Christina Stead & rsquo;s masterwork."@en
  • ""This crazy, gorgeous family novel is one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century. I carry it in my head the way I carry childhood memories; the scenes are of such precise horror and comedy that I feel I didn't read the book so much as live it." -Jonathan Franzen, author of FreedomThe Man Who Loved Children is a brutally honest examination of domestic life and family. Sam and Henny Pollit have too much-too much contempt for one another, too many children, too much strain under endless obligation. Flush with ego and a chilling domestic power, Sam torments his children, bending and manipulating their seemingly limitless love to his overbearing advantage, while Henny looks on desperately, all too aware of the madness at its root. A favorite novel of Jonathan Franzen and Randall Jarrell, among many others, The Man Who Loved Children stands as Christina Stead's masterwork."@en
  • "With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Loved Children, is acknowledged as a contemporary classic -- Product Description."@en
  • ""Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad vision. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives ..."--Cover."@en
  • "Sam and Henny Pollit are a warring husband and wife, he a fully blown narcissist and she spoiled and prone to fits of despair. Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life is acknowledged as a contemporary classic of Australian and international literature."

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  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Australian fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Family"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Roman australien"
  • "Powieść australijska"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Domestic fiction"

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  • "L'uomo che amava i bambini"@it
  • "L'uomo che amava i bambini"
  • "Ai hai zi de nan ren = The man who loved children"
  • "The Man who loved children"
  • "Der Mann, der seine Kinder liebte : Roman"
  • "The man who loved children : introduction by Randall Jarrell"
  • "H'iś ś'hv yldit"
  • "O homem que amava crianças"
  • "O homem que amava crianças"@pt
  • "Ai hai zi de nan ren"
  • "爱孩子的男人"
  • "爱孩子的男人 = The man who loved children"
  • "L'homme qui aimait les enfants"
  • "Der Mann, der seine Kinder liebte Roman"
  • "Sabba Familiare"
  • "De man die van kinderen hield"
  • "The man who loved children"@en
  • "The man who loved children"
  • "The man who loved children : Introd. by Randall Jarrell"
  • "The man who loved children : Christina Stead"@en
  • "Ha Ish sheahav yeladim"
  • "The Man who Loved Children"
  • "Man who loved children"@en
  • "El hombre que amaba a los niños"
  • "El hombre que amaba a los niños"@es
  • "The man who loved children / by Christina Stead"@en
  • "The man who loved children : [novel]"
  • "The Man Who Loved Children"
  • "The Man Who Loved Children"@en
  • "The Man who loved children. Introduction by Randall Jarrell"@en
  • "Man Who Loved Children A Novel"@en
  • "L'homme qui aimait les enfants : roman"
  • "Sabba familiare"@it
  • "Sabba familiare"
  • "De man die van kinderen hield : roman"

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