- Mass Market Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 6th edition (October 1974)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316290939
- ISBN-13: 978-0316290937
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,605,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" 'This is an immensely stimulating book, rich in imagery, sure in dialogue, profound in characterization, dazzling in its descriptive powers and constantly haunting with its Celtic rhythms and its bold, elegant design' - The Times. 'This collection of five novellas confirms that in terms of technical resourcefulness and narrative skill he has few equals among the living novelists. The novella which gives the book its title strikes me as being the finest thing Fowles has written' - Observer. 'In a manner worthy of Pirandello, John Fowles uses the conventional apparatus of the detective-story to explore the relationship between fact and fiction, reality and illusion, to masterly effect' - Sunday Telegraph. 'Arresting...this collection impresses me as deeply as any of the novels which Fowles has published to date' - Guardian"
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In the title story in this collection of five novellas, a journalist visits a celebrated but reclusive painter. He is intrigued
by the complicated erotic relationship between the elderly artist and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
by the complicated erotic relationship between the elderly artist and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Mildly absorbing pieces, but what are they doing together?,
This review is from: The Ebony Tower (Hardcover)
Four novella slices for sandwichA French tale added to make it rich Bodies tease and elude Minds show up in the nude There's one boring piece, won't tell you which
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mildly absorbing pieces, but what are they doing together?,
This review is from: The Ebony Tower (Hardcover)
Four novella slices for sandwichA French tale added to make it rich Bodies tease and elude Minds show up in the nude There's one boring piece, won't tell you which
2.0 out of 5 stars
Showing now, at a cinema near you...,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Ebony Tower (Hardcover)
Rereading this collection recently, it struck me that John Fowles is to novels what Ridley Scott is to films. Both craft consistently slick, well-put-together work which quite often doesn't stand up to much intellectual scrutiny. Thus, Ridley Scott made "Alien" and "Blade Runner", which looked and were great, but also "1492" and "Gladiator", which merely looked great but were quite vacant. Similarly, Fowles wrote The Collector and The Magus, but (unfortunately for his reputation) he also wrote Daniel Martin and The Aristos. The Ebony Tower works best if you think of it as a series of commercials - movie trailers, almost - for the rest of his work. That's not what it was meant to be, but that's how it works. Some of it's good, some of it's dull, but it's always at least well-constructed and workmanlike. So there's the usual bit of thought, the usual bit of female nudity (well, quite a lot, actually), the usual rumination on the human condition, and the usual episode featuring a bearded middle-aged writer whose alluring intellect very young women find so attractive they overlook his bandy white legs and paunch and leap enthusiastically into his bed. If you've read his Daniel Martin, you'll know exactly what I mean. If you actually *are* a bearded middle-aged writer with said bandy white legs and paunch, you won't. You'll like this if you're the kind of person who collects both classic movies *and* their original theatre trailers. But you'd never sit down and watch just the trailers, right? And that was how I felt about this collection. If I wanted a dose of Fowles, I'd go straight for his two classics.
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