19 JANUARY 1945, page 20

Fiction

Dasha. By E. M. Almedingen. (John Lane. 8s. 6d.) The Journey Home. By Robert Henriques. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) The Water Music. By Glyn Jones. (Routledge. 8s. 6d.) Dasha is an......

The Examined Life

THIS is a long book which many will find unreadable. Yet those who persist will be forced to admit respect. Chafed as they may be by the silver sentences so thickly encrusted......