The Green and the Gold - Brossura

Peachment, Christopher

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330487345 ISBN 13: 9780330487344

Casa editrice: Picador, 2004

Riassunto

'It is God's curse that I carry this sex desire for a woman, for when I have one, she is no sooner had than hated.' In this playful historical novel, Peachment follows the life of Andrew Marvell - spy, politician, beguiling seventeenth-century poet and writer of 'To his Coy Mistress', one of the most famous love poems of all time. In his metaphysical poetry Marvell lyrically captures every aspect of love. Yet, ironically, the man himself was a solitary figure whose reflections and tremendous insight allowed beauty to flourish from an otherwise lonely existence. Peachment's Marvell allows us to witness those aspects of his existence that we could never glean from history alone, as we follow him through his childhood, his travels in Europe and Russia, his deepening sorrow over the trauma of the Civil War, and his endless battle between his suspicion of women and his yearning for them. His unlikely friendship with the Earl of Rochester, the Restoration rake and poet, turns his poetry from lyric to embittered satire, and finally confirms for him the fallen nature of man.

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Descrizione del libro:

A very witty and compelling imaginary portrait of the life of genius, from the author of CARAVAGGIO

L'autore:

After a stint as a pilot, Christopher Peachment worked as a stage manager at the Royal Court and many other theatres. He then turned to journalism. In the 1980's he was film editor for TIME OUT magazine, later becoming Deputy Literary Editor and Arts Editor for THE TIMES. He has written on film, literature, art, opera and ballet. This is his second novel. He lives in Hoxton, London.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0330487345
• ISBN 13: 9780330487344
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480