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Henry James's theme of the New World (naïve, upright, puritanical) confronting the Old (steeped in sophisticated and unscrupulous charm) is explored here by a novelist who has witnessed two world wars. Her protagonist is Constanza, a beautiful Italian-American pagan born to privilege and happiness—a seeming favorite of the gods. But in the years of her maturity, she becomes aware of what she lacks—a purpose and a part. "Who am I," she asks, "and what is it I can do?" This, writes Bedford, is not a little rich girl's plant. It is the mission that lurks within every fortunate human creature to lift their head above the daily grind. Bedford's genius is to write about people. Her excellence is immortal, her career one of great distinction in literature.—Peter Levi.
