If you are looking for alternate name ideas spellings then we can help you out. In the course of his writing career, hollinghurst has fashioned a unique literary voice at once considered, ruminative and. The swimming pool library by hollinghurst, alan 1998 paperback hollinghurst, alan on. Alan hollinghurst received praise from these forebears across the atlantic. The sparsholt affair the longawaited new novel from. Discover book depositorys huge selection of alan hollinghurst books online. Alan hollinghurst was born in 1954, so he is now in his mid60s. But their prevailing theme is silence secrets kept. Each of four principal characters muddles along in london and environs professionally, socially, and romantically, in the grip of his own distinctive obsession or spell. As each in turn falls under the spell of romance or drugs, country living or rough trade, a richly ironic picture emerges of the clashing imperatives of modern gay life. He read english at magdalen college, oxford graduating in 1975.
Robins twentytwo year old son danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual sex. Hollinghurst was born in stroud, gloucestershire, the only child of james. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four extraordinary years of change and tragedy. Alan hollinghurst audio books, best sellers, author bio. The swimming pool library by hollinghurst, alan 1998. Here was a work not of fated, historic loves, but of sexually unapologetic londoners living, loving and shagging in the decade in which the book was published. Touching, joyful, full of life and prose that reads like bachs music sounds, the man can hardly go wrong. Robin, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to. Robins 22 year old son danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual. Winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the lambda literary award and the nbcc award. He is a writer, known for the line of beauty 2006, university challenge 1962 and bairro alto 2009. In alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms over. I find it so easy to get lost in the elegance and artistry of alan hollinghursts the line of beauty. Alan hollinghurst is an english novelist, and winner of the 2004 booker prize for the line of beauty.
It is well to remember this when you read the sparsholt affair. Mar 20, 2018 a mans inability to be honest about his sexuality has scandalous, and brutally public, consequences for several generations. See interview with alan hollinghurst on saturday 18 june. Guardian alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, and the line of beauty, which won the man booker prize and was a finalist for the national book critics circle. Alan james hollinghurst frsl born 26 may 1954 is an english novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. Alan hollinghurst primary author only author division. Jan 22, 2015 alan hollinghurst is one of the british novels most admired stylists.
Robins 22 year old son danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual sex. In his third novel, the spell, four men dance around one another, their emotions and actions ranging from casual cruelty to anxiety to adoration. A civil servant falls for a younger man and thereby discovers ecstasy. Hollinghursts painful but smiling roundelay alternates between dorsetwhere 40ish architect robin shares a house with the impossibly selfinvolved justinand london. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. His first two novels were mischievous, escapist things, toying with the delights of colonial buggery the swimming pool library and underage belgian boys the folding star. In alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms. An author with an extraordinary talent for fusing past lives and experiences with contemporary concerns, allan hollinghurst is widely regarded as one of britains finest living writers. Hollinghurst won for the line of beauty, the first gaythemed novel to win the british.
Browse alan hollinghursts bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Alan hollinghurst writes like a dream about the nightmare of unequal affection. He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize for fiction and the 2004 man booker prize. An extraordinary book which takes the reader into a world of obsession and mystery the folding star is lit by insight and humour evening standard. Alan hollinghurst is currently considered a single author. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1989 somerset maugham award, the 1994 james tait black memorial prize and the 2004 booker prize. At the outset of this novel, in 1940, all the gay men and at least one straight woman in a literary club at oxford are infatuated with beautiful david sparsholt, a firstyear engineering student who initially seems oblivious to the attention. The swimming pool library by hollinghurst, alan 1998 paperback.
O ne line from alan hollinghursts new book, the strangers child, is lodged in my head as i arrive at his hampstead flat. He goes into a bar where he meets sylvan, and calls jane. Alan hollinghursts new novel is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men robin woodfield, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in dorset with his younger lover, justin, a wouldbe actor increasingly disenchanted with the countryside. In the mid1960s, johnnys father, by then a captain of industry, is. The spell is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men. Explaining why he chose ronald firbank 18861926 as his personal selection for the national portrait gallerys 2009 gay icons exhibition, alan hollinghurst argued that firbank is celebrated as a master of high camp, but he was also a radical technician and radical homosexualiser of the novel. Alan hollinghurst is the author of several novels including the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, the line of beauty and the strangers child. That is why we display the most common spelling of the name. Alan hollinghurst is among britains most highlyrated literary novelists, whose bestknown book the line of beauty 2004, winner of that years man booker prize, is a tourdeforce envisioning of the thatcher years as an era of doomed romance hes admired for his elegance of style. William hogarth, in his 1753 book the analysis of beauty, describes how beauty itself is embodied in the shape, which protagonist nick guest uses to describe wanis body. Alan hollinghurst on the books that have shaped his life. He has written a collection of poems confidential chats with boys, 1982, edited three novels by ronald firbank 2000, prepared a selection of a. Hollinghurst has a strong, perhaps unassailable claim to be the best english novelist working today. Alan hollinghurst s new novel is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men.
October 20, 2004 novelist alan hollinghurst is awarded this years prestigious man booker prize. British novelist alan hollinghurst writes hefty, talky books. William hogarth, in his 1753 book the analysis of beauty, describes how beauty itself is embodied in the shape, 1 which protagonist nick guest uses to describe wanis body. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst overdrive rakuten. Months back, when i heard that alan hollinghursts new novel was finally being printed and bound, i priced out flights to englandand then i looked up shipping rates on. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Born in 1954, alan hollinghurst read english at magdalen college, oxford, and stayed on to write a masters thesis on the novels of e. The swimmingpool library alan hollinghurst, samuel west on free shipping on qualifying offers. There are many correct ways to spell alan depending on the language room you reside in.
The line of beauty, winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the national book critics circle award. Robin, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in dorset with his younger lover, justin. They had started out on a driven track halfcovered with small noisy stones. The spell is a 1998 novel by british author alan hollinghurst.
Despite it being a common name, many people still spell it wrongly. Daphne sawle, a key figure in the book, whom we follow from a poetically. What it details is the restlessness of the gay penis. Alan hollinghurst is one of the british novels most admired stylists. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the swimmingpool library. Robin woodfield, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in dorset with his younger lover, justin, a wouldbe actor increasingly disenchanted with the countryside. A mans inability to be honest about his sexuality has scandalous, and brutally public, consequences for several generations.
Alan hollinghursts new novel is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, and the line of beauty, which won the man booker prize and was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. Alan hollinghurst was born on may 26, 1954 in stroud, gloucestershire, england as alan james hollinghurst. Like the line of beauty, the book that won hollinghurst the man. At once lyrical, sceptical and romantic, the spell confirms alan hollinghurst as one of britains most important novelists. Whilst not hitting the same majestic heights as the swimming pool library or the line of beauty, the spell is still alan hollinghurst and thus still great a fun funny read about 1990s gay life and the gap or not between the generations. In his third novel, the spell, four men dance around one another, their emotions and. Like the swimming pool library 1988 and the folding star 1994, hollinghurst s third attempts an ambitious exploration of gay male experiences and relationships. The strangers child will no doubt be one of the best novels published this year.
The title of the book refers to the line of beauty the double s of the ogee shape, a shape which swings both ways. In contrast, other characters describe lines of cocaine as beautiful. Firbank is a powerful presence in hollinghursts 1988 novel the swimmingpool. The line of beauty is alan hollinghurst s man booker prizewinning masterpiece. I originally planned to read this book in a day or two, but it took me a while longer simply because i was so enthralled and moved by the novels baroque descriptions and its aesthetic focus on issues pertaining to gayness and queerness during the 1980s.
May 24, 2012 alan hollinghurst is the author of several novels including the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell and the line of beauty. Booker prize novel sparks free speech row in czech republic. What alan hollinghurst taught me about truth unherd. Ultimately, the spell details the restlessness of every human heart, informs the goodreads blurb. Alan hollinghurst is the author of five novels, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, the line of beauty and the strangers child. Jul 24, 20 the spell alan hollinghurst download here. About alan hollinghurst alan hollinghurst is the author of several novels including the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell and the line of beauty. Jun 30, 2011 months back, when i heard that alan hollinghursts new novel was finally being printed and bound, i priced out flights to englandand then i looked up shipping rates on. Buy a cheap copy of the spell book by alan hollinghurst. The affair of this novels title is an incident that looms over the narrative while remaining hazy in its details.
The novel is about a group of gay men in 1990s britain, ranging in age from late teens to midforties, who desperately try to determine the size and shape of other mens cockandballs in whatever pants or underwear. Jun 17, 2011 o ne line from alan hollinghurst s new book, the strangers child, is lodged in my head as i arrive at his hampstead flat. The folding star alan hollinghurst on free shipping on qualifying offers. Alan hollinghurst book attacked as pornographic after radio broadcasts a short excerpt from it published. Mar 12, 2018 the affair of this novels title is an incident that looms over the narrative while remaining hazy in its details. Like the swimming pool library 1988 and the folding star 1994, hollinghursts third attempts an ambitious exploration of gay male experiences and relationships. In the spell hes come of age, finally engaging with the issues of relationships, monogamy and aging that preoccupy the. An interview with alan hollinghurst scarlett baron born in 1954, alan hollinghurst read english at magdalen college, oxford, and stayed on to write a masters thesis on the novels of e. Buy the swimmingpool library vintage classics by alan hollinghurst isbn. The spell has found alan hollinghurst on the guardians fiction prize shortlist, and with good reason. Forster award of the american academy of arts and letters, and the james tait black memorial. Alan hollinghurst is among britains most highlyrated literary novelists, whose bestknown book the line of beauty 2004, winner of that years man booker prize, is a tourdeforce envisioning of the thatcher years as an era of doomed romance. The line of beauty is divided into three parts that take place over the course of three years in the life of nick guest, a gay college student living through the aids crisis of the 1980s part. The line of beauty is alan hollinghursts man booker prizewinning masterpiece.
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