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Afternoon Men – A Novel
Engelsk Paperback
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Afternoon Men – A Novel
Engelsk Paperback

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Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would become a substantial part of his oeuvre: pride, greed, and the strange drivers of human behavior. More explorations of relationships and vanity than plot-driven narratives, Powell's early works reveal the stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in his epic, A Dance to the Music of Time. In Afternoon Men, the earliest and perhaps most acid of Powell's novels, we meet the museum clerk William Atwater, a young man stymied in both his professional and romantic endeavors. Immersed in Atwater's coterie of acquaintances-a similarly unsatisfied cast of rootless, cocktail-swilling London sophisticates-we learn of the conflict between his humdrum work life and louche social scene, of his unrequited love, and, during a trip to the country, of the absurd contrivances of proper manners. A satire that verges on nihilism and a story touched with sexism and equal doses self-loathing and self-medication, AfternoonMen has a grim edge to it. But its dialogue sparks and its scenes grip, and for aficionados of Powell, this first installment in his literary canon will be a welcome window onto the mind of a great artist learning his craft.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9780226186894
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
022618689X
Udg. Dato:
6 nov 2014
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
218mm
Højde:
139mm
Forlag:
The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato:
6 nov 2014
Forfatter(e):
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