Книга: Banville John «The Blue Guitar»

The Blue Guitar

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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. Shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2016ISBN:978-0-241-97001-0

Издательство: "Penguin Group" (2016)

ISBN: 978-0-241-97001-0

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Banville, John

▪ Irish writer
pseudonym  Benjamin Black 
born Dec. 8, 1945, Wexford, Ire.

      Irish novelist and journalist whose fiction is known for being referential, paradoxical, and complex.

      Banville attended St. Peter's College in Wexford, Ire. He began working in Dublin as a copy editor for the Irish Press (1969–83). He was later a copy editor (1986–88) and literary editor (1988–99) for the Irish Times.

      His first piece of fiction, Long Lankin (1970), is a series of nine episodic short stories. This work was followed by two novels: Nightspawn (1971), an intentionally ambiguous narrative, and Birchwood (1973), the story of a decaying Irish family. Doctor Copernicus (1976), Kepler (1981), and The Newton Letter: An Interlude (1982) are fictional biographies based on the lives of noted scientists. These three works use scientific exploration as a metaphor to question perceptions of fiction and reality. Mefisto (1986) is written from the point of view of a character obsessed with numbers.

      The Book of Evidence (1989) is a murder mystery and the first of a trilogy centred on the character Freddie Montgomery. Ghosts (1993) and Athena (1995) completed the trilogy. The Untouchable (1997), along with Eclipse (2000) and its sequel, Shroud (2002), are novels that tell more stories of conflicted individuals. The Sea (2005), a novel that was awarded the Booker Prize, tells the story of a widowed art historian who revisits a childhood destination on the sea. Banville first used the pseudonym Benjamin Black for his crime novel Christine Falls (2006) and then its sequel, Silver Swan (2007).

      Banville's writing is experimental, challenging the conventional form of the novel. Common themes throughout his work include loss, obsession, destructive love, and the pain that accompanies freedom.

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Источник: Banville, John

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