A new play, the highlight of a magnificent local festival celebrating the coronation of Elizabeth II, brings together the young playwright and a brilliant but eccentric family whose personal dramas soon eclipse the entire production.
Het Frederica Kwartet Reeks
Dit literaire kwartet duikt in de complexiteit van het menselijk bewustzijn en relaties, vaak afspelend tegen de achtergrond van academische en artistieke bezigheden. De vertelling verkent diepgaande thema's als identiteit, liefde, verlies en de zoektocht naar betekenis door middel van zorgvuldig uitgewerkte personages en rijke proza. Deze romans bieden intellectueel stimulerende reizen, verweven met diepe emotionele resonantie, en dompelen lezers onder in ingewikkelde werelden van kunst, wetenschap en persoonlijke ontdekking.
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Still Life
- 368bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. It isn’t long before she becomes infatuated with a mysterious and controlling poet. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Meanwhile, their younger brother Marcus begins to recover from a nervous breakdown. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.
/BYATT A.S. The Booker Prize-winning author of Possession presents a stunning, contemporary story set against the clashing politics, passionate ideals, and shifting sexual roles of the early 1960s. In Byatt's vision, the presiding genius of the day seems to be a blend of the Marquis de Sade and The Hobbit. Peopled with weird and colorful characters, charted with brilliant, imaginative sympathy, Babel Tower is as comic as it is threatening and bizarre. 100,00
A whistling woman
- 432bladzijden
- 16 uur lezen
This Intoxicating Novel Stands On Its Own, While Forming A Triumphant Conclusion To A. S. Byatt'S Great Quartet Depicting The Clashing Forces In English Life From The Early 1950S To 1970. While Frederica Falls Almost By Accident Into A Career In Television In London, Tumultuous Events In Her Home County Of Yorkshire Threaten To Change Her Life, And Those Of The People She Loves. Through Her Wayward, Lovingly-Drawn Characters And Breath-Taking Twists Of Plot, Byatt Illuminates The Effervescence Of The 1960S - Both Its Excitements And Its Dangers - As No One Has Done Before. Magical And Thought-Provoking, And With Spine-Chilling Moments, A Whistling Woman Is The Ultimate Novel Of Ideas Made Flesh - Gloriously Sensual, Sexy And Scary, Bursting With Ideas, And Wonderful Humanity.