RIVER RUNS UPHILL: A Story of Success & Failure Robert Aickman 350 copy Tartarus

Description: THE RIVER RUNS UPHILL: A Story of Success and Failure by Robert Aickman. Foreword by Rosalie Parker. Leyburn, North Yorkshire, UK; Tartarus Press; 2014. 1st Tartarus Press hardcover edition. LIMITED to 350, unnumbered. copies. Publisher description: Robert Aickman (1914-1981) knew himself to be 'several different people'—writer of 'strange stories' and novelist, critic, literary agent, and saviour of the waterways. The River Runs Uphill, mostly written in 1967 and first published in 1986, is Aickman’s second volume of autobiography, the first being The Attempted Rescue (1966). This new edition reinstates material pruned by Aickman from earlier drafts, including the original 'Chapter Ten: Kyogen', which deals with his theatre criticism and other matters related to 'life, death and the human heart'. Other reinstated passages add colour and detail to the story of the part played by Aickman in the post-War struggle to save the British waterways from abandonment and destruction, which lies at the heart of this book. The River Runs Uphill is largely an account of the first few years of the Inland Waterways Association, the campaigning organisation founded by Aickman, his wife Ray, and Angela and L.T.C. Rolt in 1946, up to the Market Harborough Festival of Boats and Arts in 1950, and the publication of We Are For the Dark with Elizabeth Jane Howard in 1951. It is a story of some adventure and romance, with Aickman casting himself in the role of knight errant, spending the greater part of twenty years fighting for the cause, often battling divergent interests and dissenting personalities in his own organisation. Aickman’s fascinating views and opinions are given a thorough airing in The River Runs Uphill, and we are presented with a more informed view of the author as a formidable campaigner and leader. Cover artwork by Stephen J Clark of The Singing Garden.Fine in fine dj. FREE DOMESTIC Media Mail shipping or $14.90 Priority Mail domestic shipping. International shipping is by the eBay Global shipping program only. NO EXCEPTIONS. NOT responsible for any import tax levied by Customs Offices in individual countries.

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