He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize. Framing the beginning of the novel, trouble for men is mentioned for the. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst, 1989, vintage books edition, in english 1st vintage international ed. An enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids. His novel the line of beauty won the booker prize in 2004. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Swimming pool library, the folding star, and 2004 man booker prize. Mar 25, chris chapman rated it it was amazing shelves. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst penguin. Alan hollinghurst was born in stroud in gloucestershire, england in 1954 and was educated at magdalen college, oxford. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimmingpool library, and was selected as one of the best of young british novelists 1993. Browse alan hollinghursts bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. In 1983 london, will, a privileged, gay, sexually irresistible 25yearold, saves the life of an elderly aristocrat who has a heartattack in a public.
In 2004, he won the man booker prize for the line of. The swimming pool library weaves a rich and fascinating tapestry of britains gay subculture spanning preworld war i through the sexually abandoned early 80s, stopping short at the doorstep of aids. The line of beauty, winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the national book critics circle award. Also, for me, the total lack of female characters made the swimming pool library feel more than a bit claustrophobiainducing. The swimmingpool library is set in a similar time and has a majority of homosexual characters, but by all other standards the two shouldnt be compared so.
Like william beckwith, the book s main character, mr. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty and the sparsholt affair. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the swimmingpool library. Will beckwith, the randy gay protagonist of alan hollinghursts the swim ming pool library, sometimes takes pause from his hectic sex life to muse on the legal. The swimmingpool library alan hollinghurst, samuel west on free shipping on qualifying offers. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle edition. Forster award of the american academy of arts and letters, and the james tait black. His second novel, the folding star, won the james tait black memorial prize and was shortlisted for the 1994 booker prize. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst overdrive. Alan hollinghurst is the author of five novels, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, the line of beauty and the strangers child.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the swimmingpool library. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Published in 1988, alan hollinghursts debut the swimmingpool. Discover book depositorys huge selection of alan hollinghurst books online.
The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst kirkus. He was on the staff of the times literary supplement from 1982 to 1995. In the end, the swimming pool library just seems to peter out, and whatever insight into his characters hollinghurst had earlier in the book seems to get a little lost. Alan hollinghurst audio books, best sellers, author bio. The swimming pool library audiobook alan hollinghurst. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst books on. Written by alan hollinghurst, audiobook narrated by samuel west. Firbank is a powerful presence in hollinghursts 1988 novel the swimmingpool.
Lord nantwich asks will to write his personal memoir, and slowly more a more of the characters are reveled by the readings of lord n. Not every age has its pleasures the new york times. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning. Pdf cinema in the library on alan hollinghursts the swimming.
The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst, first. Editions of the swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst. Section 28 was passed in england inbut was proposed, debated, protested, and hotly contested all. In alan hollinghursts debut novel, the swimmingpool library, will. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the swimmingpool library vintage international. Alan hollinghurst on the sparsholt affair we were joined by booker prizewinning novelist alan hollinghurst to discuss his magisterial new work the sparsholt affair. The swimmingpool library ebook by alan hollinghurst. Publication date 1988 topics gay men fiction, london england fiction publisher. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimmingpool library 1988, and was selected as one of the best young british novelists 1993. Buy the swimmingpool library vintage classics by alan hollinghurst isbn. The swimmingpool library ebook written by alan hollinghurst.
O ne line from alan hollinghursts new book, the strangers child, is lodged in my head as i arrive at his hampstead flat. Hollinghurst, who is 34 and deputy editor of the times literary supplement. Explaining why he chose ronald firbank 18861926 as his personal selection for the national portrait gallerys 2009 gay icons exhibition, alan hollinghurst argued that firbank is celebrated as a master of high camp, but he was also a radical technician and radical homosexualiser of the novel. In 1989, hollinghurst won the somerset maugham award for the swimming pool library. A wonderful romp around londontown, arguably the gayest city in all of europe. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. In alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms over many lives. The sparsholt affair by alan hollinghurst the work of a. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Indeed, that wills closest companion, a cultured yet sexless friend from university, is named james clearly. However, i contend that this novel is so good that it transcends any such categorization. This is a brilliantly constructed, multilayered novel rich in both interesting characters and history. Alan hollinghursts the swimmingpool library is considered a classic of gay literature and justly so.
The swimmingpool library has 11 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. A literary gay novel from england that contrasts the uninhibited preaids sex scene with gay life of earlier decades. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst a literary sensation and bestseller both in england and america, the swimmingpool library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst the 635th. In 1994, he won the james tait black memorial prize for the folding star. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle. The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst overdrive. The second, later novel is the swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst. The novel is exquisite, very smartly titled swimmingpool implies the superficial aspect of the gay scene, library implies all that is intelligent and witty. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, and the line of beauty, which won the man booker prize and was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. The swimming pool library alan hollinghurst this work centres on the friendship of william beckwith, a young, gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and the elderly lord nantwich who is searching for someone to write his.
The swimmingpool library 1989 edition open library. Like this history, the cinema in the swimmingpool library must be held at bay. Read the swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst available from rakuten kobo. In 1974, hollinghurst was awarded the newdigate prize.
Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Narrator will beckwith is a beautiful 25yearold, supported by his doting grandfather viscount beckwith and dividing his time between his. This essay explores the vexed matters of race and empire in alan hollinghursts the swimmingpool library, tracing the lines of connection between colonial and contemporary constructions of otherness upon which the novel dwells. The work of ronald firbank, of whom hollinghurst was a fan, is alluded to often, but perhaps the greatest influence upon hollinghursts aesthetic is henry james, who wrote with a subtlety clearly present in the swimming pool library.
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