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Alan james hollinghurst frsl born 26 may 1954 is an english novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Winner of the man booker prize, alan hollinghursts the line of beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in margaret thatchers 1980s britain. Alan hollinghurst won the man booker prize in 2004 for the line of beauty. 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. Search and free download all ebooks, handbook, textbook, user guide pdf files on the internet quickly and easily. Sex and sensibility in the novels of alan hollinghurst springerlink. Not too mad, i hope, and nick would say, shes fine, shes fine, shielding his eyes from the dropping august sun, and smiling back at him with reassurance, among other unguessed emotions. Line beauty alan hollinghurst pdf b52fc9483 mobilez idea. Set in the united kingdom in the early to mid1980s, the story surrounds the postoxford life of the young gay protagonist, nick guest. There was the soft glare of the flash twice three times a gleaming sense of occasion, the gleam floating in the eye as a blot of shadow, his heart running. With an introduction by sebastian faulks winner of the man booker prize, the line of beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in margaret thatchers 1980s britain. In the late summer of 19, george sawle brings his cambridge schoolmatea handsome.
It isnt, however, partly because its more jamesian not to be. From the man booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty. Line of beauty by hollinghurst, first edition abebooks. Alan hollinghurst is an english novelist and winner of the 2004 booker prize for the line of beauty set in the united kingdom in the early to mid1980s, the story encompasses the postoxford life of the young gay protagonist, nick guest, who searches for beauty in everything around him while being less than perfect himself.
Download a pdf ezinepublisher report this article cite this article stay informed. The line of beauty by hollinghurst, alan new edition 2005. At 400plus pages sprinkled with references to henry james, his fourth outing aspires to the status of an epic about sex, politics, money, and high society. The line of beauty unfurls through four extraordinary years of change and tragedy.
Free download or read online the line of beauty pdf epub book. Though hes best known for his elegant descriptions of gay male life and pitchperfect prose, hollinghurst is most striking here for his successful, often damning, observations. The line of beauty is told in the third person, but everything is filtered through a single consciousness, nicks. Download and save all data of the swimmingpool library book in one free pdf file. H ere is a typical sentence from alan hollinghursts the line of beauty.
After that they browsed for a minute or two in a semidetached fashion. Set in the united kingdom in the early to mid1980s, the story surrounds the postoxford life of. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 432 pages and is available in paperback format. Born in stroud, england, alan hollinghursts debut novel, the swimmingpool library, was lauded for its startling conflation of high literary style and lowrent sex, presenting an eyepopping trawl through londons preaids gay culture. It is the summer of 1983, and 20yearold nick guest has moved into an attic room in the notting hill home of the feddens.
Hollinghurst has always been compared with the worlds best stylists, but he truly enters a category all his own with the line of beauty. The line of beauty is a 2004 man booker prizewinning novel by alan hollinghurst. Framed by the two general elections that returned margaret. The line of beauty by hollinghurst, alan new edition 2005 hollinghurst, alan on. Jul 29, 2011 h ere is a typical sentence from alan hollinghurst s the line of beauty. In alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms over. The line of beauty, winner of the man booker prize and set between the two general elections that kept thatcher in office, is literary fiction of the best sort.
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