The Go-Between
- Auteur: L.P. Hartley (Engeland)
- Soort boek: Engelse roman uit 1953
- Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classics
- Omvang: 336 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 8,99 / £ 4.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
- Winnaar van de W. H. Heinemann Award
L.P. Hartley The Go-Between recensie, review en informatie
- “On a first reading, it is a beautifully wrought description of a small boy’s loss of innocence long ago. But, visited a second time, the knowledge of approaching, unavoidable tragedy makes it far more poignant and painful.” (Express)
- “Magical and disturbing.” (Independent)
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1953 van de Engelse schrijver L.P. Hartley
The moving exploration of a young boy’s loss of innocence.
When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy’s awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society.
It was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates.
Leslie Poles Hartley (30 december 1895, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire – 13 december 1972, Londen) was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. An acclaimed novelist, short story writer and critic, Leslie Poles Hartley is best known for his 1953 novel The Go-Between, which won the W. H. Heinemann Award and was adapted as a BAFTA-winning film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Included here is a radio dramatisation of that classic tale, alongside adaptations of three further novels and five short stories.