Maiden Voyage - Brossura

Welch, Denton; Sitwell, Edith

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1878972286 ISBN 13: 9781878972286

Casa editrice: Exact Change, 2013

Riassunto

Maiden Voyage is an account of author Denton Welch's sixteenth year when he ran away from his English public school, and was then sent to Shanghai to live with his father. The book was Welch's literary debut and created a sensation on publication in 1943: its frank description of public schoolboy life forced publisher Herbert Read to seek advice from libel lawyers. Even Winston Churchill's private secretary gossiped in a letter that, "the book was reeking with homosexuality ... I think I must get it." Today, Welch's expressions of sexuality may seem more demure than outrageous, but his graphic portrayal of the passions and humiliations of adolescence have made him a beloved writer for a growing cult of devotees.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Exact Change
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1878972286
• ISBN 13: 9781878972286
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288