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27 de jun. de 2011 · Rich with Hollinghurst's signature gifts - haunting sensuality, delicious wit and exquisite lyricism - The Stranger's Child is a tour de force: a masterly novel about the lingering power of desire, how the heart creates its own history, and how legends are made.
The Stranger's Child is the fifth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, first published in June 2011. The book tells the story of a minor poet, Cecil Valance, who is killed in the First World War. In 1913, he visits a Cambridge friend, George Sawle, at the latter's home in Stanmore, Middlesex.
15 de out. de 2013 · The stranger's child. by. Alan Hollinghurst. Publication date. 2011. Topics. Family secrets, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Fiction, Families, History. Publisher. Alfred A. Knopf.
1 de jul. de 2011 · The Stranger's Child. Written by Alan Hollinghurst. Alan Hollinghurst’s masterly exploration of English culture, taste and attitudes over a century of change. Powerful, absorbing and richly comic. In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a charismatic young poet, to visit his family home.
11 de out. de 2011 · The Stranger’s Child is Alan Hollinghurst’s masterpiece, the book that cements his position as one of the finest novelists of our time. In its scope, intelligence and elegance. Sixteen-year-old...
In the summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge schoolmate—a handsome, aristocratic young poet named Cecil Valance—to his family’s home outside London. George is enthralled by Cecil, and soon his sister, Daphne, is equally besotted by him.
11 de dez. de 2011 · Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, “The Stranger’s Child,” reflects English values and attitudes from 1913 until the cellphone age.
