Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2012 |
Seiten | 192 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 1,2 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 138 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9780099561095 |
Bestell-Nr | 09956109EA |
Breaking a long silence Oliver, a young Englishman, writes to his elder brother, Patrick. Oliver, the idealistic younger brother is living in a Hindu Monastery and has decided to take his final monastic vows. Patrick, a successful, long-married publisher, newly in love with a boy in Los Angeles, decides to visit Oliver to persuade him not renounce the world.
First published in 1967, A Meeting by the River exposes the complex rivalries of sibling relationships and dramatises the conflict between sexuality and spirituality.
Rezension:
The classical opposition between the good brother and the bad one convinces... you believe in them Guardian