Over the Frontier

A powerful novel about cruelty in a world preparing for war. Over the Frontier was first published in 1938 and was Stevie Smith's second novel, closely following Novel on Yellow Paper, beginning where that novel ends. While sharing the poetic quality, the quirky humour and caustic wit common to all her work, Over the Frontier is quite unlike anything else Stevie Smith wrote. It is a fantastic tale of adventure and intrigue — one in which Stevie dons the unlikely mantle of John Buchan — and a profound exploration of larger themes: ambition, militarism, nationalism, love, loyalty and death.

A powerful novel about cruelty in a world preparing for war. Over the Frontier was first published in 1938 and was Stevie Smith's second novel, closely following Novel on Yellow Paper, beginning where that novel ends. While sharing the poetic quality, the quirky humour and caustic wit common to all her work, Over the Frontier is quite unlike anything else Stevie Smith wrote. It is a fantastic tale of adventure and intrigue — one in which Stevie dons the unlikely mantle of John Buchan — and a profound exploration of larger themes: ambition, militarism, nationalism, love, loyalty and death.