Short Attention Span Theater is where a theater group takes an over three hour long production of Hamlet and cuts it down to five minutes by only performing the highlights. For me, the Internet is one giant Short Attention Span Theater. Sadly, I very rarely read an entire blog entry; instead scan for the highlights. .. which is impossible. This is why I keep my own blog entries short. (It is not because I’m lazy).

From time to time, I’m going to have short blog entries regarding some of my favorite authors which will only feature the highlights. These entries will be called “Short Attention Span Theater”. These short entries do not mean that I will not deal with these same authors in depth later. Here goes.

Rosamond Lehmann (1901 – 1990) – She wrote some wonderful, incredible novels including “The Ballad and the Source”, “Invitation to the Waltz”, and “Dusty Answer” – all three of which I enjoyed even more than the novel she is most noted for, “The Echoing Grove”. Whenever I go into a used book store, I look for novels by Rosamond Lehmann, and if I don’t find any, the store goes down a peg in my opinion. Her style? She was England’s answer to Jean Rhys, whenever Jean Rhys was away from England. The Thirties and Forties had many quirky woman writers including Jean Rhys, Irngard Keun, Irene Nemirovsky, and Dawn Powell. If you like any of these writers, you will probably like Rosamond Lehmann.

Let’s have a Rosamond Lehmann revival.