The Pornographer - Brossura

McGahern, John

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ISBN 10: 014027796X ISBN 13: 9780140277968

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1999

Riassunto

One of the preeminent writers of our time, John McGahern has captivated readers with such poignant and heart-wrenching novels as Amongst Women and The Dark.

In The Pornographer, Michael creates an ideal world of sex as a writer of pornographic fiction, while he bungles every phase of his entanglement with an older woman who has the misfortune to fall in love with him. But his insensitivity to this love is in direct contrast to the tenderness with which he attempts to make his aunt's slow death in a hospital tolerable. Everywhere in this rich novel is the drama of opposites, but above all, sex and death are never far from each other.

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Recensione:

"A marvelous novel, deep, moving, rich and resonant, about love, lust, life and death." —Sunday Express

"An admirable book, one of the finest I have read for a long time...I cannot recommend Mr. McGahern too strongly." —The Sunday Telegraph

L'autore:

John McGahern was born in Dublin and brought up in the west of Ireland. He is the author of three collections of short stories and six novels, including Amongst Women, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 014027796X
• ISBN 13: 9780140277968
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256