Folding Star (Vintage International)
A finely shaded novel set in a Belgian town, following teacher Edward's desire, memory, and loss.
Work Information
Desire changes shape quietly and keeps resonating in memory.
Through the eyes of Edward, an English teacher who moves to Flanders, the novel entangles longing, jealousy, and an intense sensitivity to art. Its most striking feature is the distance between people and the ache of looking itself.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Published
- 1995-10-03
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 3.18 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780679762317
- ISBN-10
- 0679762310
- Price
- 7747 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Contemporary
In self-imposed exile in an ancient Flemish city, an embittered 33-year-old language tutor, Edward Manners, falls in love with his alluring 17-year-old pupil, Luc Altidore. As Edward pursues the elusive object of his infatuation--and plunges into affairs with two other men--this book interweaves past and present, history and memory, into a tapestry of unfulfillable desire.
Reviews
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A five star novel, but kindle edition riddled with typos
Beautifully written and evocative novel - other reviewers rightly highlight the strength of Hollinghurst's imagination and descriptive ability. I loved reading it. But I want to add a note about the Kindle edition which has more than your average number of typos. Not just misspelt words but the occasional incomplete sentence. It rather looks as if they created the Kindle edition by scanning a print edition, and the text recognition software hasn't always worked. Lithograph becomes 'Uthograph' or detail = 'detafl'. These errors aren't spread equally throughout the book; there seems to be sections where there are clusters of mistakes and then it straightens out for a bit.
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Dark and witty story
Great read from an award winning writer
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Memories
The best is is why Edward returns to England for the funeral. Its accounts of Edward growing up, his family, his schooling, his friendships, and the people around him is wonderfully told. Their are any scenes and many reminiscences which could have been written about me.
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Five Stars
Great book by one of my favourite authors. Simply brilliant.
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Beautifully written but not very fascinating
It doesn't make a very compelling story. You can see the beauty but unfortunately it feels very skin deep. The characters were vain and boring.