Nathan's Recommended Books: , by Wyndham Lewis A forgotten novel by an ignored author set in the Forgotten War. The author is mostly known for his paintings and for his typographical innovations in the Modernist journal Blast. Far from painterly fiction, this novel of the Spanish civil war still manages to transform Lewis' visual style into a compelling narrative. Character studies and set-pieces meet with an inevitable force. Lewis' entire aesthetic is encapsulated in the culminating image of a car hurtling through the desert, the trunk filled with something important but ultimately mysterious. Check this out if you are at all interested in the fringes of modernism or just for an unexpectedly good read. Return to the Writer & Staff Recommendations List
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