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Description for The Master
paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266. Signed on title page. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine, showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost. In The Master Colm Toibin captures the exquisite anguish of a man who circulated in the grand parlours and palazzos of Europe, who was astonishingly vibrant and alive in his art, and yet whose attempts at intimacy inevitably failed him and those he tried to love. It is a powerful account of the hazards of ... Read more
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost. In The Master Colm Toibin captures the exquisite anguish of a man who circulated in the grand parlours and palazzos of Europe, who was astonishingly vibrant and alive in his art, and yet whose attempts at intimacy inevitably failed him and those he tried to love. It is a powerful account of the hazards of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330485661
SKU
KSG0031524
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.
Reviews for The Master
An audacious, profound, and wonderfully intelligent book.
Hermione Lee
Guardian
A marvel of lightly worn research and modulated tone.
John Updike
New Yorker
A must read. Colm Tóibín has not only written a spectacular novel he has found a way to pay tribute to Henry James. We should all be so gifted and so ... Read more
Hermione Lee
Guardian
A marvel of lightly worn research and modulated tone.
John Updike
New Yorker
A must read. Colm Tóibín has not only written a spectacular novel he has found a way to pay tribute to Henry James. We should all be so gifted and so ... Read more