William Alexander Gerhardie è stato un romanziere e drammaturgo anglo-russo, riconosciuto come uno dei romanzieri inglesi più acclamati degli anni '20. La sua scrittura attingeva spesso dalle sue esperienze in Russia e dalle sue visite infantili nella Russia prerekvoluzionaria, con uno stile significativamente influenzato dall'approccio tragicomico di autori russi come Cechov. I romanzi di Gerhardie, come "Futility" e "The Polyglots", sono notevoli per la loro esplorazione di temi come l'"attesa" e il loro senso condiviso di nichilismo comico. Sebbene la sua prominenza sia diminuita dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, la sua distintiva voce letteraria e il suo impatto sulla letteratura inglese continuano ad essere apprezzati, con le sue opere che sperimentano una rinascita di interesse.
The Glasgow Boys revolutionized Scottish painting from 1880 until around 1895, although their influence lasted until just before World War 1. They painted outdoors, and captured a way of life that changed Scottish painting. This title introduces them.
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene both acknowledged the influence of this remarkable autobiographical novel.
Roman - Limitierte & Numerierte Erstausgabe
Hailed by his famous contemporaries including Edith Wharton, H.G. Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh, who called him a "genius," William Gerhardie is one of the twentieth century's forgotten masters, and his lovely comedy Futility one of the century's neglected masterpieces. It tells the story of someone very similar to Gerhardie himself: a young Englishman raised in Russia who returns to St. Petersburg and falls in love with the daughter of a hilariously dysfunctional family--all played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching back and forth outside the parlor window. Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, and with a large cast of memorable characters, this astoundingly funny and poignant novel is the tale of people persisting in love and hope despite the odds.