The Go-Between: Roman Roman

Hartley, L P, Maria Wolff und Adrian Stokar:

ISBN 10: 3905513455 / ISBN 13: 9783905513455

Published by Edition Epoca 16.07.2008., 2008

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400 Seiten L. P. Hartleys großes Sittengemälde der viktorianischen Gesellschaft, der englische Klassiker schlechthin, liegt nun zum ersten Mal in voller Länge auf deutsch vor. Während der Sommerferien, die der dreizehnjährige Leo bei seinem Freund Marcus auf dem Landsitz Brandham Hall verbringt, wird er zum geheimen Botengänger zwischen Marian, der schönen Tochter des Schlossherrn, und Ted, einem Lohnbauer. Leos kleine Gefälligkeiten lässt die Liaison des ungleichen Paares erblühen. Doch ungewollt gerät er immer tiefer in den Strudel des gefährlichen Spiels von Verlangen und Verrat, von versprochener und verbotener Liebe; und die sich ankündigende Katastrophe scheint nicht mehr abzuwenden zu sein. 'Aufwühlend und magisch.' The Independent 'Ein vollkommenes Kunstwerk.' The Times 9783905513455 Wir verkaufen nur, was wir auch selbst lesen würden. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 477 13,6 x 3,0 x 19,7 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Go-Between: Roman Roman
• Publisher: Edition Epoca 16.07.2008.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3905513455
• ISBN 13: 9783905513455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Auflage: 1.,.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 477 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

L.P. Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with an introduction and notes by Douglas Brooks-Davies in Penguin Modern Classics.'The past is a foreign they do things differently there'When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society.Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972) was born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, and educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. For more than thirty years from 1923 he was an indefatigable fiction reviewer for periodicals including the Spectator and Saturday Review . His first book, Night Fears (1924) was a collection of short stories; but it was not until the publication of Eustace and Hilda (1947), which won the James Tait Black prize, that Hartley gained widespread recognition as an author. His other novels include The Go-Between (1953), which was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates, and The Hireling (1957), the film version of which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.If you enjoyed The Go-Between , you might like Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave , also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'Magical and disturbing'Independent'On a first reading, it is a beautifully wrought description of a small boy's loss of innocence long ago. But, visited a second time, the knowledge of approaching, unavoidable tragedy makes it far more poignant and painful'Express