In October 1940, the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in Oxford. A keen athlete and oarsman, he at first seems unaware of the effect he has on others - particularly on the lonely and romantic Evert Dax, son of a celebrated novelist and destined to become a writer himself. While the Blitz rages in London, Oxford exists at a strange remove: an ephemeral, uncertain place, in which nightly blackouts conceal secret liaisons. Over the course of one momentous term, David and Evert forge an unlikely friendship that will colour their lives for decades to come . . . Alan Hollinghurst's masterly new novel evokes the intimate relationships of a group of friends bound together by art, literature and love across three generations. It explores the social and sexual revolutions of the most pivotal years of the past century, whose life-changing consequences are still being played out to this day. Richly observed, disarmingly witty and emotionally charged, The Sparsholt Affair is an unmissable achievement from one of our finest writers.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509844937
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 26/09/2017
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst (Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1954) estudió en Oxford, fue profesor en el Magdalen College de dicha universidad, en el University College de Londres y en otras universidades. Ha sido también miembro del comité de redacción del Times Literary Supplement. En Anagrama se han publicado todas sus novelas: La biblioteca de la piscina (Premio Somerset Maugham 1988 y Premio E. M. Forster de la American Academy of Arts and Letters 1989), La estrella de la guarda (James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1994), El hechizo, La línea de la belleza (Premio Man Booker 2004) y El hijo del desconocido.