Max Gate - Brossura

Wilkins, Damien

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1910709131 ISBN 13: 9781910709139

Casa editrice: Aardvark Bureau, 2016

Riassunto

"A witty and sentient writer"—LA Times

"Wilkins can command a breathtakingly supple literary style"—The New York Times

1928: Thomas Hardy is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his literary friends are locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy’s remains? Who knew him best? What are the secrets of Max Gate?

Housemaid Nellie Titterington narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about ambition, duty, belonging, and love.

Damien Wilkins is the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand Book Award-winning The Miserables.

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Recensione:

Moments of dark comedy vie with beautiful prose. The dialogue is a particular joy.--The Times

Lyrical ... beautifully crafted ... As Hardy is lauded as one of the finest English writers, Wilkins is one of New Zealand's great wordsmiths'--New Zealand Herald

Wilkins has an eye for telling detail, a great ear for dialogue and a dark sense of humour. An antipodean A. M. Homes. --The Guardian

Max Gate is an absorbing read and a must for anyone who has visited Max Gate and thought about what it was like in Hardy's day.'--Bridport News

'A surprising novel [which] plays with the boundary of fact and fiction'--Daily Mail

I would recommend this book to people who have read one or two Hardy novels and are keen to learn more about him. --The Book Bag

Wilkins's characters are individual, unpredictable and real. --Independent on Sunday

Wilkins can command a breathtakingly supple literary style--New York Times

In the voices of unforgettable, feisty Nellie and forlorn, forbearing Florence, Wilkins tells more than the story at hand, raising questions as to whose voice is granted authority in a narrative and how a legend is remembered. The death of a literary giant liberates a marginalized member of his household into claiming her destiny in her own unique, dazzling words. --Kirkus Reviews

L'autore:

Damien Wilkins: Damien Wilkins is one of New Zealand’s leading writers, the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand Book Award-winning The Miserables, and The Fainter, which was shortlisted for both the Montana New Zealand Book Awards and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. In 2013 he became the Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. Wilkins completed his MFA at Washington University and won a Whiting Award in 1992.

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• Editore: Aardvark Bureau
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910709131
• ISBN 13: 9781910709139
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 223