Forgotten Life: Number 2 in series - Couverture souple

Aldiss, Brian W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349110662 ISBN 13 : 9780349110660

Editeur : Abacus, 1998

Synopsis

In this notable departure for great science-fiction writer Brian Aldiss, this elegiac examination of family life explores 50 years marked by cross purposes and strained efforts at communication. When Clement Winter's brother dies, he inherits the much-admired yet distant sibling's papers, which turn out to contain poignant accounts of wartime in Sumatra and a series of passionate affairs abandoned and afterwards longed for. Struggling to adjust to the death of his daughter and to the infidelity and fame of his wife - a bestselling fantasy writer- Clement confronts the revelation of his brother's fears and aspirations. As he tries to assimilate and understand his dead brother's life, unexpected upheavals remind Clement how little he understands his own. FORGOTTEN LIFE encompasses comedy and tragedy, joy and grief, as its three main characters try to work out the meaning of their own lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brian Aldiss was born in and exiled from East Dereham in Norfolk in 1925 and is one of the doyens of science fiction both as a writer and critic. He is also an accomplished memoirist (THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE; THE HAND-REARED BOY, etc).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349110662
• ISBN 13: 9780349110660
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible