Sterner Stuff - Couverture rigide

Middleton, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0091797292 ISBN 13 : 9780091797294

Editeur : Hutchinson, 2005

Synopsis

Frank Montgomery is in T.S. Eliot's 'middle way', Principal of an art college, coping with an aging father and a mother in law on the dark descent into Alzheimer's. His marriage is strong, his relationships supportive - but in one way Frank is extraordinary: he is being talked of as a major figure in British art, a figurative painter of national reputation with commissions beckoning right up to royalty. As he struggles to live the good life and to create, he is much concerned by issues in both work and life: is it better to do new things, or old things perfectly?

In this novel, Frank's values are put to the test.

Once again Stanley Middleton dissects middle England with his sharp but healing scalpel, and in the process he explores family life, generational change, and the true nature of art through the complexities, pains and joys of its creation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stanley Middleton was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire in 1919. He published his first novel, A Short Answer, in 1958 and went on to publish 45 novels in a career spanning fifty years. He was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1974 with Holiday. Stanley Middleton died in July 2009.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091797292
• ISBN 13: 9780091797294
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible