Love in a Dark Time - Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar

Zusatztext Tóibín writes with high-voltage restraint; his sentences are masterfully devoid of trickery . . . He is tuned in to the silent language of families, the messages that are unspoken and slip past the rest of the world, landing deep into the hearts of those who understand. Informationen zum Autor Colm Tóibín Klappentext In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Tóibín looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His subjects range from figures such as Oscar Wilde, born in the 1850s, to Pedro Almodóvar, born nearly a hundred years later. Tóibín studies how a changing world impacted on the lives of people who, on the whole, kept their homosexuality hidden, and reveals that the laws of desire changed everything for them, both in their private lives and in the spirit of their work.In this perceptive and rich collection of essays, Colm Tóibín investigates the lives as well as the work of homosexual writers and artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Zusammenfassung In this perceptive and rich collection of essays, Colm Tóibín investigates the lives as well as the work of homosexual writers and artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Colm Toibin, Colm Tóibín
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.05.2010
• EAN: 9780330491389
• ISBN: 978-0-330-49138-9
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Aziza's Secret Fairy Door; Picador Collection
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Essays, Biography: literary, LGBT, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Modern / 19th Century, Literary Figures, Books & Reading