The Invisible Man: H.G. Wells A Li - Rilegato

Coren, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0394222520 ISBN 13: 9780394222523

Casa editrice: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1993

Riassunto

For almost half a century H.G. Wells was an international literary phenomenon; the only writer of his time who could command an audience with both Roosevelt and Stalin.

Unlike any other biographer of Wells, Coren paints a composite portrait of an extremely varied life set against the social and political background of the time.  The Invisible Man delves deeply into the paradox that was H.G. Wells: the utopian visionary and staunch advocate of women's suffrage versus the misogynistic womanizer and vicious anti-Semite.  This book exposes for the first time his disturbing views on "the Jewish problem," views that he defended vehemently even through the 1930s.

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Recensione:

"...an elegantly written biography..." --Peter Ackroyd, The Times

"...an entertaining and vigorously written work, enlivened with telling anecdotes...an eminently readable biography." --John Bemrose, Maclean's

"[The Invisible Man's] vigorous narrative drive earn[s] it a definite place among serious studies of the life and work of H.G. Wells." --Books in Canada

L'autore:

Michael Coren is Canada's premier man of letters and is a prolific literary critic both here and in England.  He writes "Michael Coren's Diary" for Frank magazine.  His most recent book is Aesthete, a collection of his Frank columns.  Other books include the critically acclaimed biography, Gilbert: The Man Who Was G.K. Chesterton.

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• Editore: Random House of Canada, Limited
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0394222520
• ISBN 13: 9780394222523
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1