The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker’s parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly reveals their obsessive, passionate, and volatile love affair.
He writes evocatively of his unconventional upbringing with his siblings in a shack in Ireland and, later, a rambling, falling-down house in Essex. Interesting and charismatic figures from the literary and art worlds are regular visitors, and the book is full of fascinating cameos and anecdotes.
North American rights only.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Names in subtitle inverted on cover Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781554582709 9781554583072
- LCCN
- PR9199.3.S55127
- LCCN Item number
- Z57 2010eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 238 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00226925 (OCoLC)757914018 (CaOOCEL)438646
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Index of Persons Appearing 12
- 1986 18
- 1947 20
- 1913 54
- 1951 155
- 1952 175
- 1964 231
- Notes 246
- Bibliography 250
- Index of Names 252
- A 252
- B 252
- C 253
- D 253
- E 253
- F 253
- G 253
- H 253
- I 253
- J 253
- K 254
- L 254
- M 254
- N 254
- O 254
- P 254
- R 254
- S 254
- T 255
- U 255
- V 255
- W 255
- Y 255
- Z 255
