Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time.
Con la precisión y el dominio del lenguaje que caracterizan su narrativa, Fowles nos vuelve a sumergir en un mundo poblado de personajes propios de lo mejor de la mitología clásica. Un joven crítico de arte se replantea su convencional vida tras visitar a un pintor inglés retirado voluntariamente a la campiña francesa en compañía de dos misteriosas muchachas. Un ladrón filosófico despierta a un escritor para someterle a la peor de las torturas. La desaparición de un exitoso miembro del Parlamento pone en jaque a la policía londinense. Un grupo de amigos, cada uno con sus miserias, pasa unos días agridulces en un idílico paraje campestre. Estas cuatro historias, acompañadas de la traducción de un romance amoroso medieval francés, recogen los apasionantes temas de las novelas que convirtieron a este autor en uno de los referentes de la literatura inglesa del XX. Cinco relatos del autor de «La mujer del teniente francés» y «El coleccionista», que constituyen ejemplos perfectos del estilo riquísimo, deslumbrante y magistral de Fowles, y que están a la altura de sus mejores obras.
In 1963 John Fowles won international recognition with his first published novel The Collector. But his roots as a serious writer can be traced back long before to the journal he began as a student at Oxford in the late 1940s and continued to keep faithfully over the next half century.
A collection of non-fiction writing from John Fowles which includes articles written for magazines; book reviews from "The New York Times Book Review" and the "Irish Press"; various forewords and introductions; a tribute to William Golding; and some autobiographical pieces
The journals provide an intimate look into John Fowles' intellectual growth, starting in 1949 during his last year at Oxford. They detail his experiences as a university lecturer in France and a schoolteacher on the Greek island of Spetsai, offering insights into his formative years. The second volume, beginning in 1966, captures Fowles as he grapples with the challenges of fame and wealth following his literary success. These reflections highlight his evolution as a writer and thinker, showcasing the journey of one of the twentieth century's most influential novelists.
John Fowless The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, but even almost half a century after its first publication, it continues to create tension and concern, remaining the page-turner that it was when it was first released.
On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with ove
