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Journal of a solitude : the journals of May Sarton by Sarton, May, 1912-1995, author is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

In this, her bestselling journal, May Sarton writes with keen observation and emotional courage of both inner and outer worlds: a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people, ideasand throughout everything, her spiritual and artistic journey. "I am here alone for the first time in weeks," May Sarton begins this book, "to take up my 'real' life again at last. That is what is strangethat friends, even passionate love,are not my real life, unless there is time alone in which to explore what is happening or what has happened." In this journal, she says, "I hope to break through into the rough, rocky depths,to the matrix itself. There is violence there and anger never resolved. My need to be alone is balanced against my fear of what will happen when suddenly I enter the huge empty silence if I cannot find support there." In this book, we are closer to the marrow than ever before in May Sarton's writing.

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Sarton, May, 1912-1995, author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company; W.W. Norton
Published
1973
Language
EN
ISBN
9780393008531
Category
work of literary fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Memoir, Poetry