Skin for Skin

book by Powys

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Skin for Skin is a 1925 philosophical narrative by Llewelyn Powys. It details his personal confrontation with tuberculosis, a disease he battled throughout his life. The book is a significant work among his essays, travel books, and memoirs, distinguishing him from his brothers T.F. and John Cowper Powys, who were also authors.12

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Llewelyn Powys
…Kenya from 1914 to 1919; Skin for Skin (1925), a philosophical narrative of his confrontation with tuberculosis (from which he suffered until his death); Impassioned Clay (1931), an exploration of spirituality; and Love and Death (1939), a partly fictionalized account of and reflection on a love affair.
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…Kenya from 1914 to 1919; Skin for Skin (1925), a philosophical narrative of his confrontation with tuberculosis (from which he suffered until his death); Impassioned Clay (1931), an exploration of spirituality; and Love and Death (1939), a partly fictionalized account of and reflection on a love affair.
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