The BURIED Book Club discussion

Brother of John Cowper Powys; from the Powys website;
"A man who rarely left home or travelled in a car, who claimed to love monotony, and who 'never gave so much as a sunflower-seed for the busy, practical life' - this was Theodore Francis Powys. He ran his own farm, White House Farm at Sweffling, Suffolk (1895 -1901) before "retiring" to Dorset, determined to write. In 1904, he settled in East Chaldon, 'the most hidden village in Dorset', and there he remained until 1940, when the war drove him inland to Mappowder. In 1905, he married Violet Rosalie Dodds, a local girl; they had two sons and an adopted daughter.



Powys's unorthodox version of Christianity reveals strands of mysticism, quietism, and pantheism, but the major influence upon him was the Bible, and he claimed that Religion 'is the only subject I know anything about'. Sometimes savage, often lyrical, his novels and stories explore universal themes of Love, Death, Good and Evil within the microcosm of the rural world. In spite of the apparent realism of his settings, Powys is a symbolist and allegorist."

I have read two of his books and both are unusual;
Unclay
Mr Weston's Good Wine

I believe that goodreads has this Powys under "T.F. Powys" :: I thought we had him here somewhere in the BURIED club, but I'm not finding any other thread.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/commen...

Apparently there is still a little library work needed to gather all of his stuff together. There's this loose entry :: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50...

EDIT :: at any rate, we do have this Powys' entry and it is right here. I thought I was else where and couldn't see what was directly on my nose.

Naming conventions can be a bit hit and miss on goodreads, so let us know if there are any other Powys strays floating around.

Librarinated.

Unclay was just reissued by New Directions at the end of last month.

Pick your Powys (T.F., J.C., or Llewelyn) and get reading—they're all good...maybe. Some critic I was reading recently opined that T. F. was the best, but I can't track the quote down now.