Paul Binding is een romanschrijver, criticus en cultuurhistoricus wiens werken zich verdiepen in de complexiteit van de menselijke psyche en maatschappelijke thema's. Na zijn vroege jeugd in Duitsland, doorgebracht te hebben voordat hij in Engeland werd opgeleid, vormde zijn academische achtergrond aan Oxford een stevige basis voor zijn literaire ambities. Binding doceerde internationaal en bekleedde redactionele functies, wat zijn genuanceerde begrip van literatuur heeft gevormd. Zijn schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door een diepgaande verkenning van identiteit en de complexiteit van menselijke verbindingen.
The author considers the entire scope of Andersen's prose, from his juvenilia to his very last story. He shows that Andersen's numerous novels, travelogues, autobiographies, and even his fairy tales (notably addressed not to children but to adults) earned a vast audience because they distilled the satisfactions, tensions, hopes and fears of Europeans as their continent emerged from the Napoleonic Wars.
The dramatic and moving reimagination of the characters from Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, set in a 19th-century town that harbors many secrets After a ferocious storm shipwrecks young Norwegian sailor Hans Lyngstrand in the English Channel near Dengate, aspiring journalist Martin Bridges takes a job at the local newspaper. When Hans moves into Martin's boardinghouse to convalesce and Martin interviews the young sailor for the paper, it upends Martin's otherwise uneventful world. Hans tells him of the shipwreck--and of his encounter with a vicious sailor vowing to seek revenge, who Hans believes may still be alive. So begins a complex friendship between the two young men that will cause Martin to reexamine his relationships with everyone around him. In The Stranger from the Sea, the backstories Paul Binding creates for the characters of Ibsen's classic The Lady from the Sea unfold in tandem with the secret romances, rivalries, and heartaches of a seemingly unremarkable town. The result is a lyrical and quietly captivating novel that will mesmerize readers from its opening pages.
This autobiographical novel, is the haunting story of a Japanese boy's development towards a homosexual identity during and after the Second World War. Charting his progress from an isolated childhood through adolescence to manhood, it details his inner life and preoccupation with death
Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous friendship, the story follows Pete and Sam as they escape their troubled home lives through their bond. Their adventures lead to a significant betrayal linked to a mysterious sighting in the Berwyn Mountains. Decades later, the narrative intertwines with Pete's son Nat, who disappears in the same area, prompting a journalist to investigate. This coming-of-age tale delves into themes of sexuality, emotional struggles, and the intricate dynamics of relationships, inspired by real events.
The dramatic and moving re-imagination of the characters from Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, set against the backdrop of a late-nineteenth-century English Channel town that harbors many secrets