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John Fowles

    31 marzo 1926 – 5 novembre 2005

    John Fowles ha esplorato temi di alienazione e ricerca d'identità nel contesto della società moderna. Il suo stile di scrittura si addentra spesso nelle profondità psicologiche dei personaggi, intrecciando la realtà con la percezione soggettiva. Influenzata dall'esistenzialismo, la sua opera enfatizza la libertà individuale e la lotta contro la conformità. Le narrazioni di Fowles sfidano i lettori a considerare la natura della realtà e l'esperienza umana.

    John Fowles
    The Magus
    Wormholes
    Salviamo la terra
    L'enigma
    Il collezionista
    La donna del tenente francese
    • Il collezionista

      • 332pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Questo straordinario 'tour de force' può essere letto come un thriller appassionante oppure come un acutissimo studio di psicologia, con ogni sorta di implicazioni sociali, etiche, artistiche, spirituali e anche politiche." Freddie, un rapitore inibito che colleziona farfalle e che è, al tempo stesso, adorante e violento, e Miranda, la ragazza rapita, piena di vita, intelligente, decisa a sopravvivere, raccontano in prima persona, parlando a capitoli alternati, questa esperienza estrema: agghiacciante nelle parole di lei, normale, quasi banale in quelle di lui. Un thriller psicologico di altissima qualità letteraria, un racconto dalla sconvolgente tensione emotiva.

      Il collezionista
      4,0
    • Wormholes

      • 356pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      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

      Wormholes
      4,0
    • The Magus

      • 656pagine
      • 23 ore di lettura

      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.

      The Magus
      4,1
    • New Writing 9

      • 480pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      New Writing 9 brings together some of the most formidable British talent, placing new names alongside more established ones, and offers contributions ranging from poetry to essays, from short stories to previews of novels in progress. Distinctive, innovative and entertaining, it is essential reading for all those interested in British writing today. This volume features new writing from Simon Armitage, Louis de Bernières, John Burnside, Anita Desai, Neil Ferguson, Duncan McLean, Ruth Padel, Tim Parks; Rose Tremain, Alan Warner; and many others.

      New Writing 9
      3,4
    • 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.

      The Aristos
      3,9
    • Daniel Martin

      • 704pagine
      • 25 ore di lettura

      From the author of THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, a novel first published by Jonathan Cape in 1977. Set in various international locations over the course of three decades, an account of an Englishman's attempt to see himself and his time in the mirrors of the past.

      Daniel Martin
      3,8
    • 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.

      The Ebony Tower
      3,7