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Hopeful Monsters (British Literature)
Nicholas Mosley
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Description for Hopeful Monsters (British Literature)
Paperback. Series: British Literature Series. Num Pages: 551 pages. BIC Classification: AP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
-- A sweeping, comprehensive epic, Hopeful Monsters tells the story of the love affair between Max, an English student of physics and biology, and Eleanor, a German Jewess and political radical. Together and apart, Max and Eleanor participate in the great political and intellectual movements which shape the twentieth century, taking them from Cambridge and Berlin to the Spanish Civil War, Russia, the Sahara, and finally to Los Alamos to witness the first nuclear test. -- Hopeful Monsters received Britain's prestigious Whitbread Award in 1990. -- Praising Mosley's ability to distill complex modes of thought, the New York Times called ... Read more
-- A sweeping, comprehensive epic, Hopeful Monsters tells the story of the love affair between Max, an English student of physics and biology, and Eleanor, a German Jewess and political radical. Together and apart, Max and Eleanor participate in the great political and intellectual movements which shape the twentieth century, taking them from Cambridge and Berlin to the Spanish Civil War, Russia, the Sahara, and finally to Los Alamos to witness the first nuclear test. -- Hopeful Monsters received Britain's prestigious Whitbread Award in 1990. -- Praising Mosley's ability to distill complex modes of thought, the New York Times called ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Series
British Literature Series
Number of Pages
550
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564782427
SKU
V9781564782427
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Ref
99-15
About Nicholas Mosley
Born in London, Mosley was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford and served in Italy during the Second World War, winning the Military Cross for bravery. He succeeded as 3rd Baron Ravensdale in 1966 and, on the death of his father on 3 December 1980, he also succeeded to the Baronetcy. His father, Sir Oswald Mosley, founded the British ... Read more
Reviews for Hopeful Monsters (British Literature)
"[A] virtual encyclopedia of twentieth century thought, in fictional form."
New York Times "Mosley's perfectly realized novel of ideas explores the social and scientific thought of the 20th century by tracing the peregrinations of a physicist and his lover."
PW
New York Times "Mosley's perfectly realized novel of ideas explores the social and scientific thought of the 20th century by tracing the peregrinations of a physicist and his lover."
PW