The World to Come - Evelyn Waugh
a life revisited
KORTE INHOUD
"On the fiftieth anniversary of Evelyn Waugh's death, here is a completely fresh view of one of the most gifted--and fascinating--writers of our time Graham Greene hailed Evelyn Waugh as "the greatest novelist of my generation," and in recent years Waugh's reputation has only grown. Now, half a century after Waugh's death in 1966, Philip Eade has delivered a hugely entertaining biography that is both authoritative and full of new information, some of it sensational. Drawing on extensive unseen primary sources, Eade's book sheds new light on many of the key phases and themes of Waugh's life: his difficult relationship with his embarrassingly sentimental father; his formative homosexual affairs at Oxford; his unrequited love for various Bright Young Things; his disastrous first marriage; his momentous conversion to Roman Catholicism; his unconventional yet successful second marriage; his checkered wartime career; and his shattering nervous breakdown. Along the way, we come to understand not only Waugh's complex...
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2016Uitgever: New York : Henry Holt and Company403 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0805097600ISBN-13: 9780805097603Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.; Bottom corner back cover slightly buimped. [Auteur: Eade, Philip] [Pagina's: 401] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Henry Holt and Company] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: Evelyn Waugh: a Life Revisited]
