The Master: A Novel - Brossura

Toibin, Colm

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743250419 ISBN 13: 9780743250412

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2005

Riassunto

Nineteenth-century writer Henry James is heartbroken when his first play performs poorly in contrast to Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and struggles with subsequent doubts about his sexual identity, his decision not to marry, and his difficulties with emotional intimacy. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"The work of a first-rate novelist artful, moving and very beautiful."
-- The New York Times Book Review

"A spectacular novel."
-- Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones

"A gorgeous portrait of a complex and passionate man."
-- Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran

"Tóibķn takes us almost shockingly close to the mystery of art itself. A remarkable, utterly original book."
-- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours

"A marvel."
-- John Updike, The New Yorker

"A deep, lovely, and enthralling book that engages with the disquiet and drama of a famous writing life."
-- Shirley Hazzard, author of The Great Fire

L'autore:

Colm Tóibķn is the author of nine novels, including The Blackwater Lightship; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; The Testament of Mary; and Nora Webster, as well as two story collections, and Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, a look at three nineteenth-century Irish authors. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. Three times shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Tóibķn lives in Dublin and New York.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743250419
• ISBN 13: 9780743250412
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 338