Setting the World On Fire - Couverture souple

Wilson, Angus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140159657 ISBN 13 : 9780140159653

Editeur : Penguin, 1992

Synopsis

In the great baroque hall at Totnill House, Vanbrugh's addiction to the otherwise classical structure built by Sir Roger Pratt, depicting the fall of Phaeton, ten-year-old Piers Mosson stands in wonder, and begins slowly to dance. The author also wrote "Late Call" and "As If By Magic".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

At the end of the Second World War Piers and his younger brother Tom are growing up at Tothill House, the family home with its magnificent baroque hall by Vanbrugh. Tom is the pluckier of the two, because pluck means overcoming one's fears. Piers has no such fears to overcome; he is ambitious. As the post-war years witness a division in their aspirations and their destinies, the two brothers strive to achieve their own means of setting the world on fire. With rich characterization, virtuoso scenes of comedy, and sparkling dialogue, Setting the World On Fire provides a brilliant anatomy of post-war English society from 1948 to 1969. 'It is superb entertainment and social criticism but it is also a poem about the fire in human beings ... A moving and disturbing book and a very superior piece of art.' Anthony Burgess, Observer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140159657
• ISBN 13: 9780140159653
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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