Laura Del-Rivo’s fiction is notable for its distinctive style, sharply capturing moments of heightened perception and existential angst; for its movement between realism and surrealism; and for its settings among the low life of London, especially West Eleven. Del-Rivo has published three novels –
The Furnished Room(1961);
Daffodil on the Pavement(1967), reissued under Del-Rivo’s preferred title of
Animals(1970); and
Speedy and Queen Kong(2004). She has also published one volume of short stories,
Where is My Mask of an Honest Man? (2013).
Del-Rivo began writing in the 1950s and was closely associated with Bill Hopkins (1928-2011) and Colin Wilson (b. 1931), two members of that wing of the “Angry Young Men” whom Kenneth Allsop (1920-73), in his book The Angry Decade (1957),
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Citation: Tredell, Nicolas. "Laura Del-Rivo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 April 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13268, accessed 27 November 2024.]
