The Shooting Party - Couverture souple

Colegate, Isabel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1582435936 ISBN 13 : 9781582435930

Editeur : Counterpoint, 2010

Synopsis

"A beautifully crafted novel, remarkably visual and evocative. The characters are caught in stunning images and tableaux that convey the essence of their natures, the sweep of their emotions." --The Washington Post

"The Shooting Party is a lovely piece of writing, in which subtlety, irony, and close observation abound." --Larry McMurtry

It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his Oxfordshire estate for the biggest hunt of the season. An army of gamekeepers, beaters, and servants has rehearsed the intricate age-old ritual, the gentlemen are falling into the prescribed mode of fellowship and sporting rivalry, the ladies intrigued by the latest gossip and fashion. Everything about this splendid weekend would seem a perfect consummation of the pleasures afforded the privileged in Edwardian England.

And yet it is not: the moral and social code of this group is not so secure as it appears. Competition beyond the bounds of sportsmanship, revulsion at the slaughter of the animals, anger at the inequities of class--these forces are about to rise up and engulf the assured social peace, a peace that can last only a brief while longer. In imagining Sir Randolph's shooting party, wrote The Spectator, Miss Colegate has found a perfect metaphor for the passing of a way of life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Isabel Colegate is the author of twelve novels, a collection of short stories, and A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses. She lives near Bath, England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Counterpoint
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1582435936
• ISBN 13: 9781582435930
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible