John Fowles explored themes of alienation and the search for identity within the framework of modern society. His writing style often delves into the psychological depths of characters, intertwining reality with subjective perception. Influenced by existentialism, his work emphasizes individual freedom and the struggle against conformity. Fowles's narratives challenge readers to consider the nature of reality and the human experience.
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
The scene is the village of Lyme Regis on Dorset's Lyme Bay..."the largest bite from the underside of England's out-stretched southwestern leg." The major characters in the love-intrigue triangle are Charles Smithson, 32, a gentleman of independent means & vaguely scientific bent; his fiancée, Ernestina Freeman, a pretty heiress daughter of a wealthy & pompous dry goods merchant; & Sarah Woodruff, mysterious & fascinating...deserted after a brief affair with a French naval officer a short time before the story begins. Obsessed with an irresistible fascination for the enigmatic Sarah, Charles is hurtled by a moment of consummated lust to the brink of the existential void. Duty dictates that his engagement to Tina must be broken as he goes forth once again to seek the woman who has captured his Victorian soul & gentleman's heart.
1984 192 S. (23x23 cm) Pappband mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe London : Guild Publishing
A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times.
John Fowles (1926–2005) is widely regarded as one of the preeminent and most successful English novelists of the 20th century. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, have been adapted for beloved films, and have been popularly voted among the 100 Greatest Novels of the Century. To a smaller but no less passionate audience, Fowles is also known as the author of The Tree—one of the most affecting and memorable arguments for the connection between the natural world and human creativity ever written. Fowles recounts his childhood in suburban and rural England, during which he rebelled against his Edwardian father’s obsession with the fruitfulness and “quantifiable yield” of well-pruned trees, and instead came to prize the messy, purposeless beauty of nature left to its wildest. The Tree is a powerful vindication of the joy of getting lost, the merits of having no plan, and the wisdom of following one’s nose wherever it might lead—in life as much as in art. Inspiring and life-changing, The Tree reaffirms our connection to nature and reminds us of the artistic life that is in all of us.
Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. A lottery win enables him to capture art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought with the windfall.
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.
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.
An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world's most exceptional writers.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIAN FELLOWESAfter graduating from Oxford, Daniel Martin moved to America and successfully pursued the dreams of many: he became a Hollywood screenwriter. But, as the years go by, Daniel grows more and more unsatisfied with the life he once coveted and the person he has become. Now Daniel has been called back to England to reconcile with a dying friend, but finds that he must also reconcile with the past and with himself.'I find it disastrous to read any of John Fowles' books - once I pick one up, I cannot put it down so everything else gets ignored!' Judi Dench, Daily Express'An instant masterpiece. It is a tour de force of stamina and subtlety' Daily Telegraph
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.
A MAGGOT is not an historical novel in the normal sense. It began as a quirk or obsession (a 'maggot') in the archaic sense of the word) which found its setting in the second wave of Protestant Dissent in England. It took shape as a mystery - a compelling investigation of unaccountable motives and deeds - which led through beguiling paths to a starling vision at its centre.
In Mantissa (1982), a novelist awakes in the hospital with amnesia -- and comes to believe that a beautiful female doctor is, in fact, his muse.
Tom Adams painted the first Christie cover in 1962 for A Murder is Announced and since then his paintings have become one of the best known series of paperback covers all over the world.
Am Aprilabend des Jahres 1736 übernachten zwei Adlige in Begleitung ihrer Diener und einer Magd in einem Dorf in Devonshire. Der eine Diener ist ein großspuriger Raufbold, der andere ein schwachsinniger Taubstummer von eindrucksvoller Schönheit. Bald nach der Abreise der Gruppe wird dieser Mann erhängt im Wald gefunden, einen Strauß Veilchen im Mund. Die anderen Reisenden sind verschwunden. Der Rechtsanwalt Ayscough stellt im Auftrag einer inkognito bleibenden Persönlichkeit aus dem Hochadel Untersuchungen über den mysteriösen Mordfall an. Was als spannender historischer Kriminalfall beginnt, erhebt sich bald in die Höhen einer vielschichtigen Parabel der europäischen Geschichte. Die Verhörten, einfache Leute, erklären seltsame Erscheinungen im Gefolge der Reisegruppe mit Schwarzer Magie, pervertierter Sexualität oder religiösen Offenbarungen. In ihren Aussagen regt sich aber auch der moderne Geist der Rebellion gegen die Unmenschlichkeit des 18. Jahrhunderts.
Джон Фаулз. Человек, сделавший современный англоязычный авангард таким, каким мы его знаем теперь. Джон Фаулз. Культовый писатель последних десятилетий. Подлинный король британского постмодерна, знаменитый уже хотя бы тем, что вывел постмодернистскую прозу из субкультурного "подполья" и сделал ее достоянием не избранных, но многих... Перед вами - два великолепных романа Джона Фаулза, которые можно считать знаковыми для его творческой биографии... "Коллекционер" - произведение, написанное по всем канонам реализма, сопоставимо по скрытой внутреннем экспрессии с прозой Уильяма Голдинга. Полные напряжения и трагизма отношения мужчины и женщины превращаются здесь в "другую реальность", обретая черты кошмара наяву. "Любовница французского лейтенанта" - почти шокирующая в своей психологической обнаженности история любви, рассказанная интеллектуалом, но поразительная по искренности и завораживающей силе воздействия на читателя...
"Kolekcjoner" jest debiutem powieściowym Fowlesa. Jest to trzymająca w napięciu historia porwania i uwięzienia pięknej dwudziestoletniej studentki malarstwa, Mirandy Grey, przez zauroczonego nią obsesjonata, kolekcjonera motyli, Fryderyka Clegga. Bohater chce, by dziewczyna z ofiary przeistoczyła się w kochającą go kobietę. Dba o zapewnienie jej luksusowych warunków, spełnia każde pragnienie - z wyjątkiem jednego... . Dziewczyna jak motyl uwięziony w siatce, pragnie zaś tylko odzyskania wolności.
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.
Der Baum ist eine provokante Meditation über die Verbindung zwischen der natürlichen Welt und der menschlichen Kreativität. Ausgehend von den Erfahrungen seiner eigenen Kindheit, tritt Fowles darin jeder Zähmung des Wilden entgegen und wurde damit zu einem der Wortführer der noch jungen Ökologiebewegung. Er beschreibt, wie er sich gegen die Besessenheit seines Vaters von der »quantifizierbaren Ausbeute« gut geschnittener Obstbäume auflehnte und stattdessen die chaotische, zweckfreie Schönheit der Natur zu schätzen lernte, die sich selbst überlassen ist. Kommentiert von Michael Lehmann und ergänzt um zwei weitere thematisch anschließende Essays ist Der Baum ein inspirierendes, ja lebensveränderndes Buch, das unsere Verbundenheit mit der Natur beschwört und daran erinnert, wie schön es ist, sich zu verirren, wie gut es ist, keinen Plan zu haben, und wie weise es ist, seiner Nase zu folgen, wohin auch immer sie führen mag – im Leben ebenso wie in der Kunst.
Literární esej se zabývá vztahem lidí vůči přírodě, v němž se projevují povahová založení jedinců. Lidé měli odjakživa nedůvěřivý vztah vůči volné přírodě a stejně tak i vůči "divokým" složkám lidské povahy, jež představují vše, co je v člověku nezvládnuté, podprahové, ne-vědomé. Snaha pojmenovat svět a utřídit jej do přehledných kategorií je důkazem toho, jak člověk usiloval o to podrobit si okolní svět a vnést do něho svá kritéria užitečnosti. Z Fowlesových rozborů uměleckých děl vyplývá, že příroda byla po staletí vnímána jako oblast pro člověka nebezpečná svojí nepřehledností a divokostí, a představovala tudíž protiklad civilizovaného společenství lidí s jejich potřebou řádu a přehlednosti.
An American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peaceis a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.
Zbierka noviel Johna Fowlesa (Ebenová veža, Eliduc, Chudák Koko, Enigma, Mrak).
Román Milenka francúzskeho poručíka patrí k tým vzácnym literárnym dielam, ktoré rovnako chvália kritici i radoví čitatelia. Román bol úspešne sfilmovaný s Meryl Streepovou a Jeremy Ironsom v hlavných úlohách. Tento ľúbostný príbeh z viktoriánskeho Anglicka, podaný v duchu a štýlom viktoriánskeho románu, je vlastne veľmi jemnou a rafinovanou literárnou paródiou. Výsledkom je psychologický román o láske dvoch spoločensky nerovných milencov, ich neprípustné lásky, horúce vášne, potlačená sexualita a pokrytectvo viktoriánskej doby. Hlavná hrdinka, tajomná, zvodná a trochu tvrdohlavá žena sa zúfalo usiluje vymaniť z dobových pút sociálneho i citového obmedzovania, tým sa však stáva objektom záujmu bohatého Francúza, ktorému zasa nová známosť prináša trýznivý vnútorný konflikt a voľbu medzi dvoma ženami. Autor tak okrem vynikajúcich portrétov hlavných postáv, načrtáva i prenikavý a hlboký portrét doby, ktorá vo veľkej miere predurčila naše dnešné osudy.
