The Book of Evidence, The Sea: Introduction by Adam Phillips

The Book of Evidence, The Sea: Introduction by Adam Phillips (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

Two essential novels from one of the most imaginative writers of our time: The Sea, winner of the Man Booker prize, and The Book of Evidence, an unforgettable literary mystery short-listed for the Booker prize.

The Book of EvidenceÂ is a brilliantly disturbing portrait of an improbable murderer. Freddie Montgomery is an aimless, eccentric, and highly cultured man whose arrest for the murder of a servant girl prompts him to offer the reader an extended testimony. However, the evidence Freddie offers is not of his innocence, but of his lifeâ€”of the circumstances that led to and (in his chillingly amoral mind) justified his grisly crime. Hauntingly reminiscent of Camus, Dostoevsky, and Nabokov, The Book of Evidence is among the most darkly compelling novels in international literature.

The SeaÂ follows retired art historian Max Morden to the seaside town where he spent his childhood summers. Max is grieving the loss of his wife, Anna, but returning to the seaside brings back intense memories of the wealthy and mysterious family in whose presence he had first learned about love and loss.Â Banvilleâ€™s exploration of the unpredictable power of memoryâ€”a force as treacherous as the sea that pulses through the story. What Max comes to understand about the past, and about its indelible effects on himâ€”is at the center of this elegiac, vividly dramatic, beautifully written novel.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780375712722
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2015-04-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375712722

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780375712722
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2015-04-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375712722

The Book of Evidence, The Sea: Introduction by Adam Phillips (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

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