The Master

Colm T ib n s beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James s inner life The New York Times captures the loneliness and hope of a master of psychological subtlety whose forays into intimacy inevitably fail those he tried to love.Beautiful and profoundly moving, The Master tells the story of Henry James, a man born into one of America s first intellectual families who leaves his country in the late nineteenth century to live in Paris, Rome, Venice, and London among privileged artists and writers With stunningly resonant prose, The Master is unquestionably the work of a first rate novelist artful, moving, and very beautiful The New York Times Book Review The emotional intensity of this portrait is riveting. Best Download [ The Master ] by [ Colm Tóibín ] – kino-fada.fr What a year I ve had Perhaps 20 books of the 80 or so have been Phenomenal thanks, 1001 Books to Read Before You Die List Seriously, the majority of these are at least above average, some of them are true essentials that you mustmust MUST absolutely experience In that vein, The Master reigns supreme Novels about novel writing are a hit because they embody the perfect package it s drama about drama, prose about prose, what the unfictitious writer had to do to ultimately get his What a year I ve had Perhaps 20 books of the 80 or so have been Phenomenal thanks, 1001 Books to Read Before You Die List Seriously, the majority of these are at least above average, some of them are true essentials that you mustmust MUST absolutely experience In that vein, The Master reigns supreme Novels about novel writing are a hit because they embody the perfect package it s drama about drama, prose about prose, what the unfictitious writer had to do to ultimately get his fiction out there even whole sets of poetics and stylistic inclinations have a TRUE dare I add educational purpose in these exciting, intrepid endeavors Yeah, Cunningham hit a home run with The Hours his trying to explain a writer s madness somehow allowed it transcendence of the boundaries of time and space And in Joyce Carol Oates Blonde my favorite novel all year , th...The Master is the story of the key life shaping experiences of Henry James While we learn a lot about James life, the book is not at all structured as a traditional biography It begins late in James life when he was settled in England and it has him reflect back on these experiences In particular, three women, very close to him an invalid sister, a brilliant favorite cousin, and an author friend died relatively young Another life forming event was a summer camp experience with a large The Master is the story of the key life shaping experiences of Henry James While we learn a lot about James life, the book is not at all structured as a traditional biography It begins late in James life when he was settled in England and it has him reflect back on these experiences In...I first read this book in 2004 I had chosen to read it because it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, not because it was about Henry James Thirteen years on, I rarely read books in the Booker shortlist but I m definitely interested in Henry James so it was with a certain curiosity that I picked this book out of a box I was unpacking and opened up its yellow tinged pages In the years since my first reading, I d always maintained in any discussion about Toibin s books that The Master was the I first read this book in 2004 I had chosen to read it because it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, not because it was about Henry James Thirteen years on, I rarely read books in the Booker shortlist but I m definitely interested in Henry James so it was with a certain curiosity that I picked this book out of a box I was unpacking and opened up its yellow tinged pages In the years since my first reading, I d always maintained in any discussion about Toibin s books that The Master was the best of his I d read, partly because of a powerful scene that has remained vivid in my memory, and partly because h...PROJECTIONS Coming out of a cinema having watched a film, one often feels, for a very short moment, somewhat astray But very quickly one s consciousness grapples to take hold of its position and put the realm of the movie into a contained and defined locus in one s brain somewhere on the side, no longer projected at the very back Only then can one resume one s life and self, and start chatting to friends about what did they think of the film.With this novel I have felt a similar disconcerting PROJECTIONS Coming out of a cinema having watched a film, one often feels, for a very short moment, somewhat astray But very quickly one s consciousness grapples to take hold of its position and put the realm of the movie into a contained and defined locus in one s brain somewhere on the side, no longer projected at the very back Only then can one resume one s life and self, and start chatting to friends about what did they think of the film.With this novel I have felt a similar disconcerting magic that sucked me in and hauled me out from my viewpoint Somewhat aware of my bewitchment I was anticipating a similar bewildering effect when I would finish the book and closed its back cover and its world and transform it back into the shape of a cardboard box Yes...I loved this book I thought T ib n did a beautiful job adapting his style to one that was evocative of Henry James, althougheasily readable The novel moves with James to London, Ireland, Italy, and Rye, and effectively integrates James memories of the past in flashbacks that come as responses to his relationships, tensions, and interactions with others.T ib n has been described as a writer who is keenly interested in his characters psychology and relationships, and this interest comes I loved this book I thought T ib n did a beautiful job adapting his style to one that was evocative of He...Thoughtful and well considered novel about a short period in the life of Henry James the novelist It is set in the late 1890s when James lived in Rye and is entirely told from the point of view of James and is placed in his interior life James is not an author I have read apart from some of his shorter stuff, but that didn t present any problems in reading and appreciating the book The basic knowledge I had about his life and family was enough.This novel moves slowly and is very Thoughtful and well considered novel about a short period in the life of Henry James the novelist It is set in the late 1890s when James lived in Rye and is entirely told from the point of view of James and is placed in his interior life James is not an author I have read apart from some of his shorter stuff, but that didn t present any problems in reading and appreciating the book The basic knowledge I had about his life and family was enough.This novel moves slowly and is very descriptive,but is none the worse for that James s reluctance to become too close to anyone is delicately observed and the oft debated question of his sexuality is explored in an oblique way through well described flashbacks and current encounters The relationships with the novelist Constance Woolson and the sculptor Henrik Anderson and James s reticence his wish to be private and alone conflicting with his wish to be close to someone Aloneness won...9 The Master 2004 , Colm T ib n The Master is a novel by Irish writer Colm T ib n The Master depicts the American born writer Henry James in the final years of the 19th century The eleven chapters of the novel are labelled from January 1895 to October 1899 and follow the writer from his failure in the London theater, with the play Guy Domville, to his seclusion in the town of Rye, East Sussex, where in the following years he rapidly produced several masterpieces The novel starts with a 9 The Master 2004 , Colm T ib n The Master is a novel by Irish writer Colm T ib n The Master depicts the American born writer Henry James in the final years of the 19th century The eleven chapters of the novel are labelled from January 1895 to October 1899 and follow the writer from his failure in the London theater, with the play Guy Domville, to his seclusion in the town of Rye, East Sussex, where...Three stars for a disappointing book This was a gift from my Goodreads friend Emma The book cover shows it shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize Fiction winner and several other prizes I tried reading 1 of Henry James books 50 years ago and did not finish because it was boring I realize that I am in the minority here, but I found this book to be very tedious It was as if I was in a college literature course reading an assigned book The book re imagines 4 and Three stars for a disappointing book This was a gift from my Goodreads friend Emma The book cover shows it shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize Fiction winner and several other prizes I tried reading 1 of Henry James books 50 years ago and did not finish because it was boring I realize that I am in the minority here, but I found this book to be very tedious It was as if I was in a college literature course reading an assigned book The book re imagines 4 and 1 2 years in the life of Henry James, an American novelist who moved to Europe and never returned to the US except for short visits.The book details Henry James interactions with family , friends and upper class society in Italy, France, Ireland and England in this time It also tries to interpret th... Life is a mystery and that only sentences are beautifulThe disadvantage of listening to an audiobook, however mellow and fittingly transatlantic the accent of the narrator, is that one cannot hold on to the sentences They seemfleeting when listened to, even when, as in this case, I went back many times to payattention to the beauty of a sentence, the significance of a word And there was much I wanted to hold on to and savour in this gorgeous novel.It is the story of Henry Life is a mystery and that only sentences are beautifulThe disadvantage of listening to an audiobook, however mellow and fittingly transatlantic the accent of the narrator, is that one cannot hold on to the sentences They seemfleeting when listened to, even when, as in this case, I went back many times to payattention to the beauty of a sentence, the significance of a word And there was much I wanted to hold on to and savour in this gorgeous novel.It is the story of Henry James, of his writing, his family, his friendships, his worries and regrets his life in solitary, sedentary exile, in self repression, sexual and otherwise We meet Henry, as he is called throughout the novel, when his pl...The subtle third person narrative of Tolm Coibin born 1955 masterfully portrays Henry James 1843 1916 as person in this 2004 Booker shortlisted novel, The Master Covering a period of 5 years, 1895 to 1899, this includes his defeat at London Theatre when Guy Domville 1895 flopped, his self seclusion in Rye East Sussex, flashback to his former life in America, before going back and ending the story in Rye I picked up this book because this is both a 501 and a 1001 and I have been The subtle third person narrative of Tolm Coibin born 1955 masterfully portrays Henry James 1843 1916 as person in this 2004 Booker shortlisted novel, The Master Covering a period of 5 years, 1895 to 1899, this includes his defeat at London Theatre when Guy Domville 1895 flopped, his self seclusion in Rye East Sussex, flashback to his former life in America, before going back and ending the story in Rye I picked up this book because this is both a 501 and a 1001 and I have been postponing this book for almost two years now My brand new copy then is now starting to yellow so I decided that before the pages become brittle, I have to give it a try I did not have any prior idea of what the novel is all about except that it was shortlisted in Booker.Af...

• English
• 10 December 2018
Colm Tóibín
• Paperback
• 339 pages
• 0743250419
• Colm Tóibín
• The Master