Dusty Answer

Description

DUSTY ANSWER, Rosamond Lehmann's first novel, was published to sensational acclaim in 1927 and became a landmark book of the inter-war period, shocking in its time, capturing the voice of the younger generation.

Reviews

'Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love, of mothers and daughters' MARGARET DRABBLE 'The lyrical, sensuous quality of her descriptive writing and her clear yet compassionate insight into individual psychology puts her immediately into the front rank of English writers' THE TIMES 'It will consume you entirely, transforming your whole inner life for the time it takes to read' Jonathan Coe

Author description

Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) was born in Buckinghamshire and educated privately before going to Girton College, Cambridge, as a scholar. She was made a CBE in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished writers of the 20th century.