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The Artist's Novel
The Amaranthers, 1936
Book
, 19.6 x 14 cm, 273 p., language : English, publisher : William Heinemann Ltd, London/Toronto
Ink, paper
Literary synopsis
The Amaranthers is Yeats' second novel where James Gilfoyle, a Dubliner, makes a journey to a magical isle off the west of Ireland. It is a mixture of straightforward narrative, a personal version of stream-of-thought, the melodrama of a thriller, and painter's notes. The visual element and thoughts on picture-making are predominant. The artist jokes about his own tendency to hoard newspaper photographs by justifying them as a means of communication when language is a barrier - the more hoarded the greater possibilities for communication through illustrations.
- Hilary Pile
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