Henry Green Yorke
Henry Green was one of the most original and idiosyncratic English novelists of the mid-twentieth century, whose oblique, highly stylised prose captured working-class and upper-class life with equal originality. Living is a landmark in working-class fiction.
Works
- LivingNovel set in industrial Birmingham exploring the interior lives of factory workers and their dreams
- Party GoingNovel of wealthy Londoners' cancelled journey depicting class consciousness and social pretense
- CaughtNovel set during the London Blitz exploring the lives of firemen and their complex relationships
- LovingNovel set in an Irish country house exploring servants and their unreliable perceptions and intrigues
- BackNovel of a disabled veteran's return to London after war, seeking meaning and human connection