The Holiday A Novel Author:Stevie Smith Celia lives in a London suburb with her beloved aunt in the post-war England of 1949. Witty, fragile, quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love ‹ for her friends, her colleagues, her relations, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. There they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell ... more »stories, love, and hate. Wild humor alternates with waves of melancholy as Celia obsessively ponders the inevitable anguish of love. In this entrancing autobiographical tale, Stevie Smith captures the paradox of pain in all human affections.« less