Alan hollinghurst the line of beauty winner of the booker prize, 2004 what do you know about this business. Winner of the man booker prize, alan hollinghurst s the line of beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in margaret thatchers 1980s britain it is the summer of 1983, and young nick guest, an innocent in the matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the notting hill home of the feddens. The novel is set in britain in three parts, taking place in 1983. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst the sex in the opening and best section of the novel conveys the thrill of first love and being young and the figuring of that stuff out with a touching accuracy that many writers have shot for but few have so successfully nailed. The line of beauty picador 40th anniversary editn ebook. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst the independent. At 400plus pages sprinkled with references to henry james, his fourth outing aspires to the status of an epic about sex, politics, money, and high society. Gerald, an ambitious new tory mp, his wealthy wife rachel, and. The cover of the book has an evocative photo of a beautiful ironwork gate with a view through the gate into a park. The line of beauty the line of beauty is a novel of philosophical, subliminal depth and beauty that has sacred prose with a poetic voice rarely heard or written, it has a harmony that doesnt only satiate the intellect, but touches the readers soul in a way many. There is a classic definition of the line of beauty depicted by hogarth in his work analyse of beauty, its a sshaped double curve, though for nick, the main protagonist of alan hollinghurst novel, the perfect line of beauty creates delicate curve of lovers back. Click to read more about the line of beauty by alan hollinghurst.
Apr 10, 2004 the line of beauty by alan hollinghurst 501pp, picador. The line of beauty why we all submit to leather evocative of both the authoritarian state and the rebel cause, leather is a material that evokes both freedom and restraint. Not too mad, i hope, and nick would say, shes fine, shes fine, shielding his eyes from the dropping august sun, and smiling back at him with reassurance, among other unguessed emotions. Winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the lambda literary award and the nbcc award. There are many models of beauty and as old saying goes beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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He read english at magdalen college, oxford graduating in 1975. Thus mellowed to that tender light which heaven to gaudy day denies. Dec 16, 2015 alan hollinghurst won the man booker prize in 2004 for the line of beauty. Alan hollinghursts novel the line of beauty 2004 is widely considered a contemporary masterpiece of realist social critique, taking aim at. Jamesian aestheticism and postmodern culture in alan hollinghursts the line of beauty article in textual practice 203. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst overdrive rakuten. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst 501pp, picador.
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