Herself Surprised; To Be a Pilgrim; The Horse's Mouth
Introduction by Christopher Reid
The only one-volume edition of Cary's classic trilogy, in which three remarkably different characters narrate their interlocking stories across half a century in a gloriously inventive and dazzling triptych
Published in 1941, 1942, and 1944, the novels in Cary’s trilogy were designed to reveal three complex characters not only as they see themselves, but also as they are seen by one another, resulting in a work of three-dimensional depth and force.
From her prison cell, the irrepressible, magnetic Sara Monday looks back on the past half-century of her life in Herself Surprised. Born into a poor family, she takes a job while still a young girl as a cook in a middle-class household, which sets her on a colorful and picaresque path.…