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BENJAMIN MARKOVITS
IMPOSTURE
DANE TECHNICZNE (NBB)
oprawa : miekka
liczba stron: 200
stan: bardzo dobry
OPIS KSIĄŻKI:
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| 'a heartbreaking, elegant and intriguing novel' Scotland on Sunday A young woman sees Lord Byron on a balcony and falls in love... Or so she thinks. Eliza's lover is in fact Dr Polidori, formerly Byron's personal physician and almost his double. Since being dismissed by Byron three years previously, Polidori has been struggling to escape from his shadow, but Eliza and the successful publication of a ghost story make it increasingly difficult for Polidori to separate his life from the poet's. As Eliza prepares to make a sacrifice for him, and the ghost story gathers acclaim, Polidori must weigh up his lust for celebrity and sexual adventure against claims of truth. 'a canny and careful study of the blood-sucking nature of celebrity...Markovits blends the facts of Polidori's brief life into his fiction with erudition and elegance' Frances Wilson, Sunday Telegraph 'a mesmerising portrayal of a life shot through with a sense of failure' Independent 'A haunting, graceful and intelligent novel' Times Literary Supplement. 'confirms Markovits as a novelist of unusual intelligence and imaginative sympathy.' Financial Times |
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