Burning Houses
Burning Houses
ISBN: 9780395404263
出版社: Houghton Mifflin (T)
出版年: 1986-05
定价: USD 1.98
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
In Burning Houses Andrew Harvey has
taken the novel form and extended it to
grand opera, with all its glitter and
drama, flourish and tragedy.
Charles, a writer living in Paris is
invited by Adolphe, a famous fihn direc-
tor, to read his novel to him. Their meet-
ings enmesh the reader in two plots: one
developing in the encounters between
Charles and Adolphe; the other con-
tained in Charles s nove] the account of
his relationship with Mark a married
man.
Like a turning crystal, the story
reveals the facets of love: the sexual
passion between Charles and Mark; the
long friendship between Charles and
Anna (an outspoken beauty who ap-
pears in both plots); and the himmous
platonic love between Adolphe and
Charles that is akin to a merging of
souls. Each character undergoes a trans-
formation, a growth into knowledge
that brings the reader to a deep under-
standing of self-awareness through suf-
fering, honesty, and humor.
Already acclaimed for the brilliance
of his first three booksA Journey in
Ladakh; No Diamonds. No Hat. No
Honey; and One Last Mirror Andrew
Harvey breaks through again with this
new novel, which will evoke for many
readers Manuel Puig s Kiss of the Spider
Woman and Andrew Holleran s Dancer
from the Dance.