In 1940, David Sparsholt--a handsome, charismatic, and athletic young man--arrives at Oxford University to get a degree in engineering. Unaware of how his presence affects others, especially Evert Dax, a lonely son of a famous novelist who will become a novelist himself, David and Evert become friends, and that friendship will influence both their lives and the lives of others for generations.
year: 2018
call number/section: 1000
subjects: father-son relationship, fiction, homosexuality, family life, great britain, fiction, 20th century, university of oxford, fiction, male friendship, fiction, interpersonal relations, social classes, england, historical fiction, history, fiction, historical fiction
Editions
Hollinghurst, Alan
Alfred A. Knopf (2018)
A multi-generational story of fathers and sons during the second half of the twentieth century in England.
Schools: 5
Hollinghurst, Alan
In 1940, David Sparsholt--a handsome, charismatic, and athletic young man--arrives at Oxford University to get a degree in engineering. Unaware of how his presence affects others, especially Evert Dax, a lonely son of a famous novelist who will become a novelist himself, David and Evert become friends, and that friendship will influence both their lives and the lives of others for generations.
Schools: 1