John Fowles exploró temas de alienación y la búsqueda de identidad en el marco de la sociedad moderna. Su estilo de escritura a menudo profundiza en las profundidades psicológicas de los personajes, entrelazando la realidad con la percepción subjetiva. Influenciada por el existencialismo, su obra enfatiza la libertad individual y la lucha contra la conformidad. Las narrativas de Fowles desafían a los lectores a considerar la naturaleza de la realidad y la experiencia humana.
Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs.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.
En la Inglaterra de 1867, el joven Charles Smithson conoce a Sara Woosroff, a la que llaman «la mujer del teniente francés». Entre ambos nace un amor apasionado que chocará con la rígida moral victoriana. Jugando ingeniosamente con las convenciones de la novela decimonónica, el autor construye un brillante libro que relata una pasión, recrea minuciosamente el período victoriano y propone una aguda reflexión sobre el sentido último de la literatura.
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
On a remote Greek island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptionsof a master trickster. Shimmering surreal threads weave ever tighter as reality and illusion intertwine in a bizarre psychological game. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of the complexities of the human mind. By turns disturbing, thrilling and seductive, THE MAGUS is a cerebral feast.
Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he saw in constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was Aristos. unfree world. He called a materialistic and over-conforming culture to reckoning with his views on a myriad of subjects - pleasure and pain, beauty and ugliness, Christianity, humanism, existentialism and socialism.
An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world's most exceptional writers.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIAN FELLOWESAfter graduating from Oxford, Daniel Martin moved to America and successfully pursued the dreams of many: he became a Hollywood screenwriter. But, as the years go by, Daniel grows more and more unsatisfied with the life he once coveted and the person he has become. Now Daniel has been called back to England to reconcile with a dying friend, but finds that he must also reconcile with the past and with himself.'I find it disastrous to read any of John Fowles' books - once I pick one up, I cannot put it down so everything else gets ignored!' Judi Dench, Daily Express'An instant masterpiece. It is a tour de force of stamina and subtlety' Daily Telegraph
The five masterful works of short fiction in The Ebony Tower bring us once again into the company of a great contemporary novelist working his intriguing and dazzling themes, probing the fitful relationships of fantasy and reality, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And they are an enduring testament to John Fowles's reputation as one of the finest storytellers of our time.
A novel about a group of men travelling in England, who meet a promiscuous woman in an inn.
