Alec (libro En Inglés)

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Nombre: Alec (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Picador

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About the Author

William di Canzios plays--including the award-winning Dooley and Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier--have been staged in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Philadelphia; at Yale University and the ONeill Theater Center; and at the National Constitution Center. Di Canzio has taught literature and writing at Smith College, Haverford College, and Yale University. Since 2013, he has taught in the Pennoni Honors College of Drexel University.

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William di Canzios Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. M. Forsters secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forsters classic, published only after the author's death.

Di Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond. Forster, who tried to write an epilogue about the future of his characters, was stymied by the radical change that the Great War brought to their world. With the hindsight of a century, di Canzio imagines a future for them and a past for Aleca young villager possessed of remarkable passion and self-knowledge.

Alec continues Forsters project of telling stories that are part of a great unrecorded history. Di Canzios debut novel is a love story of epic proportions, at once classic and boldly new.

Review

"Theres a sweeping romantic vision here thats as old-fashioned as it is refreshingly modern, with this war-torn couple pining away for each other as they hold their love in the highest esteem, in bold defiance of English laws and customs . . . Di Canzios novel reads like an attempt to make these forgotten men feel less alone, to proliferate their stories . . . Alec is fiction as queer archaeology, demonstrating that looking back doesnt necessarily mean looking backward."Manuel Betancourt, The New York Times Book Review

"Alec is the kind of novel Maurice could never be, full of sex and war, death and torture. Di Canzios descriptions of their experiences are harrowing, tender, brutal, and comic . . . The question Maurice raisedis there anywhere these men can truly be together?is made the more real, not the less, by the war and this novel." Alexander Chee, The New Republic

"Just when it began to seem that I couldnt read E. M. Forsters Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, heres Alec, William di Canzios brilliant reimagining of Forsters classic. Alec extends Maurice, delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful. Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours

"The classic love story of upperclass Englishman Maurice Hill and gamekeeper Alec Scudder comes alive again in this inspired reimagining of E. M. Forsters novel Maurice. Although told this time from Alecs point of view, the new novel successfully captures the spirit of Forsters original. . .the love story itself remains timeless, and its seamless reimagining is an altogether memorable accomplishment. One imagines Forster would be pleased." Booklist (starred review)

"Playwright Di Canzios canny debut retells E.M. Forsters pioneering gay classic, Maurice, from the point of view of the gamekeeper who ends up with the title character. . . Di Canzio liberally quotes dialogue from Forsters novel for dozens of pages, creating a satisfying blend of fan fiction and intertextuality. The romance and the wartime scenes are particularly well rendered, as is a postwar episode featuring Alec in Cassis." Publishers Weekly

"Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzios novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster

"Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first l

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-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

MÁS DETALLES:

Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9781250849236
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 1250849233
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta blanda
Editorial: Picador
Titulo del libro: Alec (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: di Canzio, William
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 352
ISBN-13: 9781250849236
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9781250849236