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The sparsholt affair, Alan Hollinghurst

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"From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Man Booker Prize, a masterly new novel that spans seven transformative decades in England--from the 1940s to the present--as it plumbs the richly complex relationships of a remarkable family. In 1940, David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford to study engineering, though his sights are set on joining the Royal Air Force. Handsome, athletic, charismatic, he is unaware of his effect on others--especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. With the world at war, and the Blitz raging in London, Oxford nevertheless exists at a strange remove: a place of fleeting beauty--and secret liaisons. A friendship develops between these two young men that will have unexpected consequences as the novel unfolds. Alan Hollinghurst's new novel explores the legacy of David Sparsholt across three generations, on friends and family alike; we experience through its characters changes in taste, morality, and private life in a sequence of vividly rendered episodes: a Sparsholt holiday in Cornwall; eccentric social gatherings at the Dax family home; the adventures of David's son Johnny, a painter in 1970s London; the push and pull in a group of friends brought together by art, literature, and love. And evoking the increasing openness of gay life, The Sparsholt Affair becomes a meditation on human transience, even as it poignantly expresses the longing for permanence and continuity"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
  • First United States edition.
  • First edition.
Extent
417 pages
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book."
  • "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2017."
Isbn
9781101874561
Instance
Label
The sparsholt affair
Title
The sparsholt affair
Statement of responsibility
Alan Hollinghurst
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Man Booker Prize, a masterly new novel that spans seven transformative decades in England--from the 1940s to the present--as it plumbs the richly complex relationships of a remarkable family. In 1940, David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford to study engineering, though his sights are set on joining the Royal Air Force. Handsome, athletic, charismatic, he is unaware of his effect on others--especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. With the world at war, and the Blitz raging in London, Oxford nevertheless exists at a strange remove: a place of fleeting beauty--and secret liaisons. A friendship develops between these two young men that will have unexpected consequences as the novel unfolds. Alan Hollinghurst's new novel explores the legacy of David Sparsholt across three generations, on friends and family alike; we experience through its characters changes in taste, morality, and private life in a sequence of vividly rendered episodes: a Sparsholt holiday in Cornwall; eccentric social gatherings at the Dax family home; the adventures of David's son Johnny, a painter in 1970s London; the push and pull in a group of friends brought together by art, literature, and love. And evoking the increasing openness of gay life, The Sparsholt Affair becomes a meditation on human transience, even as it poignantly expresses the longing for permanence and continuity"--
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Hollinghurst, Alan
Dewey number
823/.914
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR6058.O4467
LC item number
S6 2017
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Oxford
  • Male friendship
  • Homosexuality
  • Social classes
  • Great Britain
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
Label
The sparsholt affair, Alan Hollinghurst
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book."
  • "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2017."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1004000952
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
  • First United States edition.
  • First edition.
Extent
417 pages
Isbn
9781101874561
Lccn
2017032901
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)1004000952
Label
The sparsholt affair, Alan Hollinghurst
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book."
  • "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2017."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1004000952
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
  • First United States edition.
  • First edition.
Extent
417 pages
Isbn
9781101874561
Lccn
2017032901
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)1004000952

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