A Maggot
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316289949 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power. This reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works including The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa and A Maggot. John Fowles won international recognition with The Collector, his first publish
It is a worthy companion to The French Lieutenant's Woman, which does the same thing, but bolder in its experimentation and hence more notable as an artistic achievement" -- Anthony Burgess Observer "Compelling and passionate fiction Fowles's darting imagination skims across the landscape of two and a half centuries" Times Literary Supplement "Brilliant and compellinghe deploys his usual seductive narrative gifts to great effect" Guardian . "A remarkable and brilliant work of fictionthe imaginative power of the novel is astounding, the technical virtuosity and structural daring equally so" The Times "This altogether admirable novel serves, as all literature should, the forces of subversion
"I will read you a choice passage." frumiousb Over the years, I have read a surprising number of John Fowles' books. I say surprising since I would not call him one of my favorite authors. I doubt that I have ever made any special effort to look for his work. Still, somehow his books end up in my "to be read pile". To date, I have gotten through The Magus (whatever), The French Lieutenant's Woman (pretty good), The Collector (bleah) and. "Frustrating" according to Massimo Coletti. The first half or so of this novel is very good: I found the characters interesting, the detail vivid and the plot gripping. It did seem to me here and there that the author tries a bit too hard to surprise and rouse curiosity, but still the result in this first half is effective and suspenseful: I found myself completely involved with Mr. Bartholomew's mysterious journey, and even more intr. Amy Sterling Casil said Wonderful 18th Century story coupled with bad Sci-Fi chaps.. *A Maggot* contains the first bad writing I've seen from John Fowles. I hadn't thought he was capable of it. But he responds to the apparently irresistible temptation of British general fiction writers of the past "Wonderful 18th Century story coupled with bad Sci-Fi chaps." according to Amy Sterling Casil. *A Maggot* contains the first bad writing I've seen from John Fowles. I hadn't thought he was capable of it. But he responds to the apparently irresistible temptation of British general fiction writers of the past 20-Wonderful 18th Century story coupled with bad Sci-Fi chaps. *A Maggot* contains the first bad writing I've seen from John Fowles. I hadn't thought he was capable of it. But he responds to the apparently irresistible temptation of British general fiction writers of the past 20-30 years -- he's just got to write SF. If you skip the SFnal parts (the Stonehenge "flyby" and Rebecca Lee's Ming-the-Merciless-esque testimony about the "June Eternal" people) . 0 years -- he's just got to write SF. If you skip the SFnal parts (the Stonehenge "flyby" and Rebecca Lee's Ming-the-Merciless-esque testimony about the "June Eternal" people) . 0-Wonderful 18th Century story coupled with bad Sci-Fi chaps. *A Maggot* contains the first bad writing I've seen from John Fowles. I hadn't thought he was capable of it. But he responds to the apparently irresistible temptation of British general fiction writers of the past 20-30 years -- he's just got to write SF. If you skip the SFnal parts (the Stonehenge "flyby" and Rebecca Lee's Ming-the-Merciless-esque testimony about the "June Eternal" people) . 0 years -- he's just got to write SF. If you skip the SFnal parts (the Stonehenge "flyby" and Rebecca Lee's Ming-the-Merciless-esque testimony about the "June Eternal" people)
In his prologue, John Fowles tells us that "A Maggot" began as a vision he had of five travellers riding with mysterious purpose through remote countryside. This image gives way to another - a hanging corpse with violets stuffed in its mouth - which leads us into a maze of beguiling paths and wrong turnings, disappearances and revelations, unaccountable motives and cryptic deeds, as this compelling mystery swerves towards a starling vision at its centre.