Lytton Strachey: The New Biography - Couverture rigide

Holroyd, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374194394 ISBN 13 : 9780374194390

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1995

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

When Michael Holroyd's life of Strachey first appeared in the late 1960s, it was hailed as a landmark in contemporary biography. Drawing on new material, published and unpublished, Holroyd completely revised and rewrote his masterwork in 1995 to tell the full story of this complex man and his world as it could not be told while many of Strachey's friends and lovers were still alive.

At the heart of the story is the poignant liasion between Strachey and the painter Dora Carrington. A panorama of the social, literary, political and sexual life of a generation, Lytton Strachey reverberates in the mind like a great novel.

'Masterly: full of new insights on Strachey, including his strange love affair with Dora Carrington. She becomes the heroine of the book, and her death at the end brings tears to the eyes.' Sunday Express

'You will be won over by Strachey's originality, independence and humanity; by his hatred of humbug and prudery; by his life-saving gift for comedy.' Richard Shone, Evening Standard

'Holroyd's prose, in this second version, is as elegant as ever. He is also one of the few biographers who has retained a pronounced sense of humour.' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Holroyd is the author of biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Augustus John and Bernard Shaw, and was awarded the CBE in 1989. He lives in London and Somerset, and is married to the writer Margaret Drabble.

The film Carrington, written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce, is based on this book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374194394
• ISBN 13: 9780374194390
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible