From John Banville, one of the world's greatest writers, comes The Blue Guitar, a story of theft and the betrayal of friendship. Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy. Oliver Orme used to be a painter, well known and well rewarded, but the muse has deserted him. He is also, as he confesses, a petty thief; he does not steal for gain, but for the thrill of it. HIs worst theft is Polly, the wife of his friend Marcus, with whom he has had an affair. When the affair is discovered, Oliver hides himself away in his childhood home. From here he tells the story of a year, from one autumn to the next. Many surprises and shocks await him, and by the end of his story, he will be forced to face himself and seek a road towards redemption. Praise for Ancient Light: "Everything I want from a love story: sexy, convincing, baffling, funny, sad and unforgettable." (Evening Standard, Books of the Year). "Illuminating, funny, devastating. A meditation of breathtaking beauty and profundity on love and loss and death." (Financial Times).
All his life, a rude, bad-tempered old man named Axel Vander has taken delight in telling lies--particularly about his true identity, which is a secret he refuses to divulge. Then a young woman named Cass, who may be mad, and who is undeniably brilliant, threatens to expose him for who he really is, and Vander is forced to travel back into the past he has so carefully hidden away. The character Cass Cleave appears in Banville's previous novel, ECLIPSE. The character of Axel Vander, Banville implies in his acknowledgements, is based loosely on that of Paul de Man. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
Una pequeña obra maesta en la que cada una de sus imágenes provoca resonancias que siguen acompañando al lector mucho después de concluida su lectura. A través del anónimo historiador que protagoniza esta novela, nos acercamos a un fenomeno poco explorado hasta el momento: el colapso que impide al escritor o al cientifico concluir una obra.
A paperback edition of a reworking of the Dr Faustus theme, focusing on the mathematically gifted Gabriel Swan, who attempts to find a numerical solution to his quest for order and meaning in life. From the author of ATHENA and BOOK OF EVIDENCE.
