This harrowing story of a man lost in his times, bewildered and anguished by both war and love, is a masterful portrayal of the human psyche at odds with itself.
Hugo Charteris Libros
Hugo Charteris fue un novelista escocés cuyas obras a menudo profundizan en las complejidades de las relaciones humanas y las expectativas sociales. Su escritura se caracteriza por agudas observaciones de la naturaleza humana y una perspicaz visión de la psicología de los personajes. Charteris teje magistralmente tensión e ingenio para explorar temas de amor, traición y la búsqueda de identidad. Sus novelas son valiosas contribuciones a la literatura, ofreciendo a los lectores narrativas cautivadoras y que invitan a la reflexión.
Pictures on the Wall
- 264 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
Picnic at Porokorro
- 262 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
The Tide Is Right
- 145 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
This remarkable novel, suppressed in 1957 and published by Dalkey Archive for the first time, is concerned with a day in the life of a stagnant, aristocratic Scottish family in the 1950s. As the family prepares for its annual Christmas dance, old rivalries and tensions flare as John Harling arrives to visit his sister Mary, who has married Duncan Mackean, next in line to inherit the estate left by Colin Mackean, dead two years now, but very much alive in the memory of the current family, presided over by Alan Mackean and his wife Augustine ("Tin"). By the end of this nerve-racking day, John tells his sister that "this life, which you lead here, is incestuous" and that her husband Duncan "is in love with things he should have left--long ago. Soil, place, family, the past--roots... One must have courage to travel light today." That night, Duncan and Alan go out shooting; only one returns alive.
