A Man in the Zoo

by David Garnett, Mint Editions (Contribution by)

Overview

An enchanting pre-war classic republished for a new generation, illustrated with original woodcuts by R.A. Garnett.

A Man in the Zoo: In a fit of spurned love, a lover arranges to be what his lover declares he should be - an exhibit in the zoo.

Lady Into Fox: A Victorian gentleman's wife, after only one year of marriage, turns into a fox, yet he continues to live with her as husband and wife.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781513294216
Publisher:	Mint Editions
Publication date:	09/28/2021
Series:	Mint Editions (Humorous and Satirical Narratives)
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	62
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

David Garnett (1892-1981) was a British writer. Born in Brighton, East Sussex, Garnett was the son of Edward Garnett, a critic and publisher, and Constance Clara Black, a translator of Russian known for bringing the works of Chekhov and Dostoevsky to an English audience. A pacifist, he spent the years of the First World War as a conscientious objector working on fruit farms along the eastern coast England. As a member of the Bloomsbury Group, he befriended many of the leading artists and intellectuals of his day. After publishing his debut novel, Dope Darling (1918), under a pseudonym, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Lady into Fox (1922), an allegorical fantasy novel. His 1955 novel Aspects of Love was adapted into a musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Alongside poet Francis Meynell, Garnett founded the Nonesuch Press, an independent publisher known for its editions of classic novels, poetry collections, and children’s books. Garnett, a bisexual man, had relationships with fellow Bloomsbury Group members Francis Birrell and Duncan Grant, and was married twice in his life. Following the death of his first wife Ray, with whom he had two sons, Grant married Angelica Bell, the daughter of Grant and Vanessa Bell, whose sister was renowned novelist Virginia Woolf. Together, the Garnetts raised four daughters, three of whom went on to careers in the arts. Following his divorce from Angelica, Garnett spent the rest of his life in Montcuq, France.