The Pornographer - Couverture souple

McGahern, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571225713 ISBN 13 : 9780571225712

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2009

Synopsis

Michael, a writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael, while he bungles every phase of his entanglement with an older woman who has the misfortune to fall in love with him. But his insensitivity to this love is in direct contrast to the tenderness with which he attempts to make his aunt's slow death in hospital tolerable, while his employer, Maloney, failed poet and comic king of pornographers, comes gradually to preside over this broken world. Everywhere in this rich novel is the drama of opposites, but, above all, sex and death are never far from each other.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

One of the preeminent writers of our time, John McGahern has captivated readers with such poignant and heart-wrenching novels as Amongst Women and The Dark.

In The Pornographer, Michael creates an ideal world of sex as a writer of pornographic fiction, while he bungles every phase of his entanglement with an older woman who has the misfortune to fall in love with him. But his insensitivity to this love is in direct contrast to the tenderness with which he attempts to make his aunt's slow death in a hospital tolerable. Everywhere in this rich novel is the drama of opposites, but above all, sex and death are never far from each other.

Revue de presse :

"A marvelous novel, deep, moving, rich and resonant, about love, lust, life and death." —Sunday Express

"An admirable book, one of the finest I have read for a long time...I cannot recommend Mr. McGahern too strongly." —The Sunday Telegraph

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571225713
• ISBN 13: 9780571225712
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256