About this title: Edward Manners - thirty three and disaffected - escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life. Almost at once he falls in love with seventeen-year-old Luc, and is introduced to the twilight world of the 1890's Belgian painter Edgard Orst.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679436058ISBN:0679436057
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0679762310 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (A93_5/9)Book is in good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 437 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1994-10-04
ISBN-13:9780679436058ISBN:0679436057
Description: Very Good. Hardcover. 1st printing. Clean and unmarked (NOT ex-Library). Untorn and unclipped dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Binding solid and square; corners sharp. read more
Description: New. 1596910038 Brand NEW Book ~ AN EARLIER EDITION ~ Slightly different cover-design ~ all books carefully examined & well packaged. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto&Windus
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780701159139ISBN:0701159138
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, some light cover edge wear on the DJ All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
"This was my first Hollinghurst (although I did see the adaptation of The Line of Beauty, which doesn't really count). The language alternately distracted me and charmed me. As I got further into the book, the suspense really sucked me in. And golly, what a surprising ending! I think I will be looking forward to more from him."
The writing is good, don't get me wrong on that account. I want to read something else by this author, though. The Folding Star manages to be both slow and predictable, with an unhealthy dose of obscure. If I hadn't read some reviews of the book, I wouldn't have known where it took place, or who the narrator was. Really, everything happens inside the narrator's mind, which would be fine if I'd had some context.
Much sooner than I knew anything about the narrator, I knew he would fall for one of his students. It's possible I'm overestimating how much of an angst-bucket the narrator will become, but I don't think so. If I want to wallow in angst, I'll play in an angsty RPG - at least then it's angst I'm writing, and doesn't involve children.
I really, really wanted to like this book. But I don't, not enough to slog the rest of the way through it."
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