Daniel Martin - Softcover

Fowles, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316290394 ISBN 13: 9780316290395

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 1997

Synopsis

A new trade paperback edition of "a masterpiece of symbolically charged realism....Fowles is the only writer in English who has the power, range, knowledge, and wisdom of a Tolstoy or James" (John Gardner, "Saturday Review").
The eponymous hero of John Fowles's largest and richest novel is an English playwright turned Hollywood screenwriter who has begun to question his own values. Summoned home to England to visit an ailing friend, Daniel Martin finds himself back in the company of people who once knew him well, forced to confront his buried past, and propelled toward a journey of self-discovery through which he ultimately creates for himself a more satisfying existence. A brilliantly imagined novel infused with a profound understanding of human nature, "Daniel Martin" is John Fowles at the height of his literary powers.

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Review

"A work of imaginative energy and passionate honesty" (The Times)

"An instant masterpiece-It is a tour de force of stamina and subtlety" (Daily Telegraph)

"A descriptive writer of great power" (Independent)

"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)

From the Publisher

'A work of imaginative energy and passionate honesty' The Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0316290394
• ISBN 13: 9780316290395
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 640