This Real Night

"This Real Night" by Rebecca West is a worthy sequel to "The Fountain Overflows." It may not be the masterpiece of its predecessor, but I am glad that I read it and will definitely read the third volume, "Cousin Rosamond." Although I suppose it could stand on its own as a novel, it really is meant to be read as part of the trilogy. It has the same great literary style and penetration of the family and the society just before WWI. Some paragraphs about inconsequential matters, often food, are remarkable in the manner they reveal character, setting and even the history of the times. I strongly recommend "This Real Night."