The swimming pool library david forest with hugo bolton, directed by scott lyman. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sep 22, 2017 a s he was working on his sixth novel, alan hollinghurst, who describes himself as highly distractable during the throes of creation, found himself writing an introduction to offshore, penelope. Forster award of the american academy of arts and letters, and the. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst penguin. Apr 17, 2017 firbank is a powerful presence in hollinghursts 1988 novel the swimmingpool library. Alan james hollinghurst frsl born 26 may 1954 is an english novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. The liminoid in alan hollinghursts the swimmingpool. It can delicately register so many thingsshades of emotion, nuances of intellection, as well as symphonies of physical movement, as in the suburban boxing tournamentbut never sounds fussy or overelaborate. The swimming pool library is a 1988 novel by alan hollinghurst plot introduction.
Like william beckwith, the books main character, mr. In 1994, he won the james tait black memorial prize for the folding star. However, i contend that this novel is so good that it transcends any such categorization. Lord nantwich asks will to write his personal memoir, and slowly more a more of the characters are reveled by the readings of lord n. In alan hollinghursts debut novel, the swimmingpool library, will, a promiscuous, selfabsorbed layabout, finds his upperclass world both shaken and stirred after he saves the life of an elderly gay aristocrat in a public lavatory. His novel the line of beauty won the booker prize in 2004.
Alan hollinghurst is currently considered a single author. The swimming pool library isbn 9780099268 pdf epub. Excerpts from alan hollinghursts the swimmingpool library 16. The swimmingpool library all time best romantic novels 16. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst, paperback. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle. Mar 25, chris chapman rated it it was amazing shelves. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty and the sparsholt affair. A wonderful romp around londontown, arguably the gayest city in all of europe. Alan hollinghurst was born in stroud in gloucestershire, england in 1954 and was educated at magdalen college, oxford. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition.
Hollinghurst, who is 34 and deputy editor of the times literary supplement. The swimming pool library is set in a similar time and has a majority of homosexual characters, but by all other standards the two shouldnt be compared so. The swimming pool library vintage international kindle edition by hollinghurst, alan. Download and save all data of the swimming pool library book in one free pdf file. The swimmingpool library read online free by alan hollinghurst. Alan hollinghurst primary author only author division.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the swimmingpool library. Buy the swimmingpool library vintage classics by alan hollinghurst isbn. Before the swimming pool library, jenkins recalled in 2004, it didnt. The swimmingpool library is set in a similar time and has a majority of homosexual characters, but by all other standards the two shouldnt be compared so. Alan hollinghurst is the author of five novels, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, the line of beauty and the strangers child. Firbank is a powerful presence in hollinghursts 1988 novel the swimmingpool. Read the swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst available from rakuten kobo. Will beckwith, the randy gay protagonist of alan hollinghursts the swim ming pool library, sometimes takes pause from his hectic sex life to muse on the legal.
Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The swimmingpool library alan hollinghurst, samuel west on free shipping on qualifying offers. 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. His first, the swimmingpool library, burst onto the scene the gay one and the literary alike in 1988 just as thatchers third government was introducing the section 28 laws. The swimmingpool library the free library of philadelphia. In 1983 london, will, a privileged, gay, sexually irresistible 25yearold, saves the life of an elderly aristocrat who has a heartattack in a public lavatory. Editions of the swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst. In 2011, his novel the strangers child was longlisted for the booker prize. He was on the staff of the times literary supplement from 1982 to 1995.
Publication date 1988 topics gay men fiction, london england fiction publisher random house. Daphne sawle, a key figure in the book, whom we follow from a poetically. I was fortunate to come along just as gay lit was coming into its own. Browse alan hollinghursts bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Alan hollinghurst the line of beauty free library of. Alan hollinghurst knows that the drugged seem boring or idiotic to the undrugged, and in the first drug experience narrated in the spell makes the banality of what is thought part of the narration. As some of you may have noticed, i dont do a lot of video. A literary sensation and bestseller both in england and america, the swimmingpool library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids. O ne line from alan hollinghursts new book, the strangers child, is lodged in my head as i arrive at his hampstead flat. Jun 11, 2011 according to yet another poet and tls deputy editor, alan jenkins, it wasnt the most joyful period of hollinghurst s life.
The swimming pool library audiobook by alan hollinghurst. Born in stroud, england, alan hollinghursts debut novel, the swimmingpool library, was lauded for its startling conflation of high literary style and lowrent sex, presenting an eyepopping trawl through londons preaids gay culture. A short version of this article appears as a chapter in alan hollinghurst. William beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and lord nantwich, an elderly man searching for someone to write his biography and inherit his traditions. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle edition by hollinghurst, alan. The infamous clause prohibited continue reading mind the ironic gap. The swimming pool library all time best romantic novels 16. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimming pool library 1988, and was selected as one of the best young british novelists 1993. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst librarything. Widely praised for his three previous novels, hollinghurst the swimmingpool library is primed for even greater acclaim and sales with this masterful volume, the latest in a wave of jamesian novels. The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst so lets get this quick disclaimer out of. The swimming pool library weaves a rich and fascinating tapestry of britains gay subculture spanning preworld war i through the sexually abandoned. The swimming pool library read online free by alan hollinghurst.
The swimmingpool library vintage international by hollinghurst, alan. The novel is exquisite, very smartly titled swimming pool implies the superficial aspect of the gay scene, library implies all that is intelligent and witty. The swimming pool library isbn 9780099268 pdf epub alan. Alan hollinghurst the swimming pool library pdf editions. In 1989, hollinghurst won the somerset maugham award for the swimming pool library. He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize for fiction and the 2004 man booker prize. Civil servant alex takes ecstasy for the first time at a club. Alan hollinghurst author alan hollinghurst was born in 1954. English language and literature studies literature publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. Oct 23, 2015 today were finally talking about alan hollinghurst s the swimming pool library. The line of beauty, the strangers child, and this book all feature protagonists who should be working on a book, and arent. His second novel, the folding star, won the james tait black memorial prize and was shortlisted for the 1994 booker prize. An enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimming pool 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.
Oct 26, 2016 david forest with hugo bolton, directed by scott lyman. The appeal of the swimmingpool library resides not only in the powerful. Publication date 1988 publisher penguin collection. In 1983 london, will, a privileged, gay, sexually irresistible 25yearold, saves. Sex and sensibility in the novels of alan hollinghurst.
This article analyses the presence of the cinema in alan hollinghurst s first novel the swimmingpool library 1988. Section 28 was passed in england inbut was proposed, debated, protested, and hotly contested all through the mid. Published in 1988, alan hollinghursts debut the swimmingpool. The swimmingpool library is a 1988 novel by alan hollinghurst plot introduction.
The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst the 635th. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the swimming pool library vintage international. Not only does the novels narrator, will beckwith, read firbanks valmouth and the flower beneath the foot but firbank himself makes a cameo appearance in the diaries of the elderly lord nantwich. Alan hollinghurst s the swimming pool library is considered a classic of gay literature and justly so. The swimming pool library won the somerset maugham award in 1988. The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst overdrive. The tautness and energy of alan hollinghursts novel derive from its. Includes bibliographic data, information about the author of the ebook, description of the ebook and other if such information is available. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst books on. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible.
Sep 21, 2011 alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimming pool 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. Hollinghurst was born in stroud, gloucestershire, the only child of james. He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize. In 1974, hollinghurst was awarded the newdigate prize. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimming pool library, and was selected as one of the best of young british novelists 1993. Hollinghursts style draws comparisons with joyce and nabokov, in particular for his booker prizenominated novel, the folding star. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
As a straight man i endeavored to give all the gay sexuality the same distance i gave the sexuality of straight characters whose taste differs from minecf. The infamous clause prohibited local authorities disseminating material deemed to be endorsing. His acclaimed first novel, the swimmingpool library 1988, gives a vivid account of london gay life in the early 1980s through the story of a young aristocrat, william beckwith, and his involvement with. I will go on loving alan hollinghurst, but i will never read the swimmingpool library on the bus. The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst, first. Download and save all data of the swimmingpool library book in one free pdf file. Forster award of the american academy of arts and letters, and the james tait black.
The presentation of men and male relationships in three contemporary british novels alan hollinghurst s the swimming pool library, nick hornbys high fidelity and irvine welshs trainspotting symon nicklas thesis m. 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. The presentation of men and male relationships in three contemporary british novels alan hollinghursts the swimmingpool library, nick hornbys high fidelity and irvine welshs trainspotting symon nicklas thesis m. The touch of reading in hollinghursts early prose angus brown 3. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the swimmingpool library vintage international. Narrator will beckwith is a beautiful 25yearold, supported by his doting grandfather viscount beckwith and dividing his time between his. The swimmingpool library focuses on the friendship of two men. This is a brilliantly constructed, multilayered novel rich in both interesting characters and history. Feb 22, 1988 the plot was only intermittently absorbing, but the narrators tones are utterly addictive. Likely because hollinghurst writes of the world not during its zenith but looks back at it wistfully. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimmingpool library 1988, and was selected as one of the best young british novelists 1993. The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst a literary sensation and bestseller both in england and america, the swimming pool library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids.
He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimmingpool library, and was selected as one of the best of young british novelists 1993. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Alan hollinghurst audio books, best sellers, author bio. Explaining why he chose ronald firbank 18861926 as his personal selection for the national portrait gallerys 2009 gay icons exhibition, alan hollinghurst argued that firbank is celebrated as a master of high camp, but he was also a radical technician and radical homosexualiser of the novel.
The swimmingpool library is a perfect debut, in that it arrives. Pdf cinema in the library on alan hollinghursts the. 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 swimming pool library audiobook alan hollinghurst. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle edition. In 2004, he won the man booker prize for the line of beauty. Section 28 was passed in england inbut was proposed, debated, protested, and hotly contested all. Race, empire and the swimming pool library john mcleod 5. Alan hollinghurst is not a prolific novelist, with only five novels to his name, but he is an important one.
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Forster award of the american academy of arts and letters, and the james tait black memorial prize. Building on the work of roland barthes and kristin thompson on the obtuse and excess, i argue that cinema does. A literary gay novel from england that contrasts the uninhibited preaids sex scene with gay life of earlier decades. Pdf cinema in the library on alan hollinghursts the swimming. Alan hollinghurst, ronald firbank and the swimming pool library in. Swimming pool library is beautifully written and will give you a vivid picture of the life depicted. The swimmingpool library ebook by alan hollinghurst.