Max Gate (eBook)

The Tale of a Wessex Household and a Great Writer's Death

Damien Wilkins (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
224 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-478-1 (ISBN)

Infos

1928: Thomas Hardy is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his literary friends are locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy's remains? Who knew him best? What are the secrets of Max Gate?Housemaid Nellie Titterington narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about ambition, duty, belonging, and love.

Autor

Damien Wilkins is one of New Zealand's leading writers, the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand Book Award-winning The Miserables, and The Fainter, which was shortlisted for both the Montana New Zealand Book Awards and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. In 2013 he became the Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. Wilkins completed his MFA at Washington University and won a Whiting Award in 1992.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 1928 • Ambition • author biography • author’s house • belonging • Biographical Fiction • book lovers • British Literature • character-driven • classic authors • contemporary themes • Dorset • Duty • dying author • earthy novel • emotional journey • emotionally charged • english countryside • English literature • family dynamics • family secrets • Fiction • fight over remains • Friendship • Historical British Fiction • historical drama • historical fiction • housemaid narrator • LA Times • Literary Conflict • literary fiction • literary friends • Literary History • Literary legacy • literary style • Love • Max Gate • NARRATIVE STYLE • Nellie Titterington • Personal Relationships • rivalry • Secrets • sentient writing • The New York Times • Thomas Hardy • women's perspectives • Writer's Legacy
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-478-6 / 1805334786
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-478-1 / 9781805334781