The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography: Penguin Modern Classics
Autor A. J. A. Symonsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 feb 2018
One summer afternoon A.J.A. Symons is handed a peculiar, eccentric novel that he cannot forget and, captivated by this unknown masterpiece, determines to learn everything he can about its mysterious author. The object of his search is Frederick Rolfe, self-titled Baron Corvo - artist, rejected candidate for priesthood and author of serially autobiographical fictions - and its story is told in this 'experiment in biography': a beguiling portrait of an insoluble tangle of talents, frustrated ambitions and self-destruction.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241312995
ISBN-10: 024131299X
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024131299X
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
The
short
life
of
A.J.A.
Symons
(1900-41)
was
described
by
his
biographer
as
an
intricate
and
largely
harmless
confidence
trick.
His
many
interests
included
the
collection
of
musical
boxes
and
rare
books
as
well
as
the
study
and
practice
of
forgery;
they
left
him
time
to
edit
an
anthology
of
Edwardian
verse
and
compose
studies
of
H.M.
Stanley
and
other
notable
figures.
He
is
remembered
forThe
Quest
for
Corvo,
one
of
the
most
remarkable
biographies
ever
written,
and
for
co-founding
the
Wine
and
Food
Society.
Recenzii
Part
detective
story,
part
spiritual
journey,
and
part
meditation
on
biography.
Steeped
in
arcane
learning,
queer
encounters,
and
fanciful
symbolist
prose,
it
is
a
very
peculiar
operation
indeed,
leaving
he
reader
unconvinced
that
there
was
ever
such
a
real
person
as
Frederick
Rolfe
-
or,
possibly,
his
biographer
A slender book, an odd book, a completely original book ... a masterpiece
One of the genre's most notable - if also quirkiest - triumphs
Extraordinary ... a new template for twentieth-century biography
A slender book, an odd book, a completely original book ... a masterpiece
One of the genre's most notable - if also quirkiest - triumphs
Extraordinary ... a new template for twentieth-century biography