When I Was Otherwise - Couverture rigide

Benatar, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0370305310 ISBN 13 : 9780370305318

Editeur : The Bodley Head Ltd, 1900

Synopsis

Well above the usual run: English as she should be writ: adventurous. --The Financial Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition. This skilfully wrought examination of character and relationships opens with macabre impact, as a newspaper report describes the discovery of two dead women - one of them a skeleton - in a North London house. The women are revealed to be the sister and sister-in-law of the man who shared the house. The story of these characters' lives is told through a blend of powerful characterisation and social satire, and summons the mingled tragedy and humour of old age to powerful effect. The author teases the reader towards the known and awful ending by cutting backward and forwards in time, and gradually constructing the complex pattern of feelings and events that define even the most mundane-seeming lives. He plays a similar and equally skilful game with our perceptions of and judgements on the characters, creating believable, fallible and ultimately highly engaging individuals. All the time, the social and cultural backgrounds to the protagonists' lives are described vividly and with great precision.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This skilfully wrought examination of character and relationships opens with macabre impact, as a newspaper report describes the discovery of two dead women - one of them a skeleton - in a North London house. The women are revealed to be the sister and sister-in-law of the man who shared the house. The story of these characters' lives is told through a blend of powerful characterisation and social satire, and summons the mingled tragedy and humour of old age to powerful effect. The author teases the reader towards the known and awful ending by cutting backward and forwards in time, and gradually constructing the complex pattern of feelings and events that define even the most mundane-seeming lives. He plays a similar and equally skilful game with our perceptions of and judgements on the characters, creating believable, fallible and ultimately highly engaging individuals. All the time, the social and cultural backgrounds to the protagonists' lives are described vividly and with great precision.

Biographie de l'auteur

London born, Stephen Benatar's first novel was published when he was 44, and he acknowledges the support and inspiration of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this achievement. Seven more novels followed, including, uniquely, one published by a borough council.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1900
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0370305310
• ISBN 13: 9780370305318
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible