I find it so easy to get lost in the elegance and artistry of alan hollinghursts the line of beauty. The spell is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men. The line of beauty lewisham library and information. Alan hollinghurst is the author of five novels, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, the line of beauty and the strangers child. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four. The measured decision to publish the line of beauty, alan hollinghursts exquisite fourth novel, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of margaret thatcher coming to power is an aesthetic choice that could have easily been made by one of the authors own fictional characters. In the summer of 1983, twentyyearold nick guest moves into an attic room in the notting hill home of. Robin, an architect in his late forties, who is trying to build an idyllic life in dorset with his younger lover, justin. Alan hollinghurst likes to shock with vivid sex scenes. He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize for fiction and the 2004 man booker prize. The book has been awarded with man booker prize 2004. There is a classic definition of the line of beauty depicted by hogarth in his work analyse of beauty, its a sshaped double curve, though for nick, the main protagonist of alan hollinghurst novel, the perfect line of beauty creates delicate curve of lovers back.
The man booker prizewinning authors sixth novel explores changing attitudes. Spannered alan hollinghurst the line of beauty books. The line of beauty alan hollinghurst download free ebook. The line of beauty is divided into three parts that take place over the course of three years in the life of nick guest, a gay college student living through the aids crisis of the 1980s. The ironwork pattern of interlocking curves is beautiful and the outoffocus glimpse of the park is tempting. The line of beauty picador 40th anniversary editn ebook. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four extraordinary years of change and tragedy. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst librarything. Alan james hollinghurst frsl born 26 may 1954 is an english novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst books the guardian. The ironwork pattern of interlocking curves is beautiful and the out of focus glimpse of the park is tempting. The main characters of this fiction, lgbt story are. At 400plus pages sprinkled with references to henry james, his fourth outing aspires to the status of an epic about sex, politics, money, and high society.
Free download or read online the line of beauty pdf epub book. Firbank appears as a character in the swimmingpool library 1988. The swimmingpool library chicago public library overdrive. The dense beauty of his prose emerges in languorous and knowing cadences, allowing ironies to accrete. Alan hollinghurst takes us through the writing process of the line of beauty, including the inspiration that henry james provided for his writing style.
I originally planned to read this book in a day or two, but it took me a while longer simply because i was so enthralled and moved by the novels baroque descriptions and its aesthetic focus on issues pertaining to gayness and queerness during the 1980s. The strangers child reading public library overdrive. Alan hollinghurst on writing the line of beauty pan macmillan. The line of beauty new york public library overdrive. Originally published in the guardian, 5 august 2011. The strangers child bucks county free library overdrive.
The line of beauty ebook by alan hollinghurst 9781743033432. Read free book excerpt from the line of beauty by alan hollinghurst, page 1 of 8. Sep 06, 2016 nick is a pretentious aesthete whos pursuit of beauty is itself sordid. In the late summer of 19, george sawle brings his cambridge schoolmatea handsome, aristocratic young poet named cecil valanceto his familys modest home outside. They had pursed their lips again over the little square of cheap blue writing. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Though hes best known for his elegant descriptions of gay male life and pitchperfect prose, hollinghurst is most striking here for his successful, often. Thats very important, the king said, turning to the jury.
He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize for fiction and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the line of beauty. Discover this sparkling celebration of sexual intrigue telegraph from the booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty. Read the line of beauty online, read in mobile or kindle. The strangers child great river regional library overdrive. Pdf the line of beauty book by alan hollinghurst free. The strangers child monroe county library system overdrive. Hes an outsidergay, living with the wealthy family of an oxford mate whose father, gerald, is a tory mpand often doesnt engage with the world around him so much as observe it. Dec 16, 2015 alan hollinghurst won the man booker prize in 2004 for the line of beauty.
The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst the 264th greatest. The line of beauty is a 2004 man booker prizewinning novel by alan hollinghurst. Alan hollinghurst talks to james naughtie and readers about his 2004 man booker prizewinning novel the line of beauty. The line of beauty is alan hollinghursts man booker prizewinning masterpiece. The line of beauty is a 2004 man booker prize winning novel by alan hollinghurst. Propaganda and hogarths line of beauty in the first world war assesses the literal and metaphoric connotations of movement in william hogarths eighteenthcentury theory of a line of beauty, and subsequently employs it as a mechanism by which the visual propaganda of this era can be innovatively explored. Oct 01, 2004 britisher hollinghurst the spell, 1998, etc. The line of beauty is a 2004 booker prizewinning novel by alan hollinghurst. The spell vancouver island regional library overdrive. In the summer of 1983, twentyyearold nick guest moves into an attic room in the. This duality in the aesthetic concept of the line of beauty is an undercurrent throughout. Bbc radio 4 bookclub, alan hollinghurst the line of beauty.
The strangers child randolph county public library overdrive. It is a novel that defines a decade, exploring with peerless style a young mans collision with his own desires, and with a world he can never truly belong to. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1989 somerset maugham award, the 1994 james tait black memorial prize and the 2004 booker prize. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four extraordinary years of change and tragedy in the summer of 1983, twentyyearold nick guest moves into an attic room in the.
Alan hollinghurst is an english novelist, and winner of the 2004 booker prize for the line of beauty. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst the independent. It was all so new, the novelist alan hollinghurst once wrote, the pleasure flecked with its opposite, with little hurts and contradictions that came to seem as much a part of love as the clear gaze of acceptance. Alan hollinghurst is the author of several novels including the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, the line of beauty and the strangers child. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst, 9780330483216, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. The cover of the book has an evocative photo of a beautiful ironwork gate with a view through the gate into a park. The swimmingpool library the free library of philadelphia. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 438 pages and is available in paperback format. The line of beauty also available in docx and mobi. When alan hollinghursts the line of beauty won the booker prize in october.
Though his literary antecedents include 19thcentury. Yet to ghettoise him as a gay novelist is too limiting. 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. Ten years later, however, hollinghursts fourth novel, the line of beauty. From the man booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty. Nick is a jamesian scholar, obsessed with aesthetic beauty, who is coming of age against the backdrop of thatcherera england. Hollinghurst was born in stroud, gloucestershire, the only child of james.
The swimmingpool library douglas county libraries overdrive. Alan hollinghurst has been as warmly celebrated for his elegant prose style and. Join him and alan hollinghurst for a discussion at 7pm on monday 8 august, hall two, kings place, 90 york way, london n1 9ag. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, pulitzer prizewinning author of the line of beauty and the sparsholt affair. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four extraordinary years of change and tragedy in the summer of 1983, twentyyearold nick guest moves into an attic room in the notting hill home of. The swimmingpool library snoisle libraries overdrive. Winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the lambda literary award and the nbcc award. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst waterstones. He read english at magdalen college, oxford graduating in 1975. Wanis punchline in one scene, snorting cocaine with nick and the waiter in the bathroom, now thats a line of beauty, says it all. The line of beauty is alan hollinghurst s man booker prizewinning masterpiece.
The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by alan hollinghurst. An enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids. Buy the ebook the line of beauty by alan hollinghurst online from australias leading online ebook store. It is the summer of 1983, and 20yearold nick guest has moved into an attic room in the notting hill home of the feddens. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst read by alex. Framed by the general elections of 1983 and 1987 which returned margaret. There are many models of beauty and as old saying goes beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Alan hollinghurst the line of beauty winner of the booker prize, 2004 what do you know about this business. It is 1983, and a freshfaced, virginal nick guest has just come down from oxford, invited to spend the summer. Aug 05, 2011 alan hollinghurst takes us through the writing process of the line of beauty, including the inspiration that henry james provided for his writing style. Nick guest, the protagonist of the line of beauty, is writing a graduate thesis on james. Alan hollinghurst won the man booker prize in 2004 for the line of beauty.
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