Bücher von Edmund White

In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. In the midst of gathering tragedy, Crane begins dictating what will surely be his final work: a strange and poignant novel of a boy prostitute in 1890s New York and the married man who ruins his own life to win his love.

In her fifties, Mrs. Frances Trollope became famous overnight for her book attacking the United States. Twenty-five years later, she sharpens her pen for her most controversial work yet -- the biography of her old friend, the radical and feminist Fanny Wright. She recalls the 1820s when the young Fanny erupted into the Trollopes' sleepy English cottage like a volcano, her red hair flying, her talk aflame with utopian ideals. Before long, Wright convinced her to follow her to America, a journey of extreme penury, frontier hardships, and the most satisfying sensual romance of Frances Trollope's life.Fanny: A Fiction is a wonderful new departure for Edmund White -- a quirky, dazzling story of two extraordinary nineteenth-century women, and a vibrant, questioning exploration of the nature of idealism, the clay feet of heroes, and the illusory power of the American dream.

Guy hat es geschafft: Aus der Armut der französischen Provinz hat er den Olymp der Modewelt im New York der Achtziger erklommen. Reihenweise erliegen die Männer seiner Schönheit, die ihn im Sommer zur größten Attraktion Fire Islands macht. Wie ein moderner Dorian Grey scheint er niemals zu altern und wird von älteren Verehrern mit Geschenken überhäuft -- bis ihn die Zeit schließlich einholt und sein Leben für immer verändert.In seinem eleganten wie geistreichen Roman schwelgt Edmund White in der Magie der Schönheit, um im nächsten Moment ihre Oberfläche zu durchdringen und ihre Macht zu ergründen -- die Macht, zu faszinieren, zu täuschen, zu beherrschen.

Drama/ 2mA famous author comes face-to-face with America's most notorious terrorist. One has a story to write, the other has a story to tell. As the clock ticks on death row, a strange bond grows between the two men. Filled with clever sparring and raw emotion, this is a tuat drama that touches on the definitions of freedom and the need for love.The Daily Telegraph in London hailed Terre Haute as, "topical, transgressive and thrillingly dramatic.""White has captured the amusingly constrict