Alec: A Novel - Hardcover By Canzio, William di - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780374102609
- Book Title
- Alec : a Novel
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Lgbt / Gay, Literary, Romance / Lgbt / Gay
- Item Weight
- 16.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374102600
ISBN-13
9780374102609
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050072625
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alec : a Novel
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Lgbt / Gay, Literary, Romance / Lgbt / Gay
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-002648
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"There's a sweeping romantic vision here that's as old-fashioned as it is refreshingly modern, with this war-torn couple pining away for each other as they hold their love in the highest esteem, in bold defiance of English laws and customs . . . Di Canzio's novel reads like an attempt to make these forgotten men feel less alone, to proliferate their stories . . . Alec is fiction as queer archaeology, demonstrating that looking back doesn't necessarily mean looking backward."-- Manuel Betancourt, The New York Times Book Review "Just when it began to seem that I couldn't read E. M. Forster's Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here's Alec, William di Canzio's brilliant reimagining of Forster's classic. Alec extends Maurice , delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful." -- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours "The classic love story of upperclass Englishman Maurice Hill and gamekeeper Alec Scudder comes alive again in this inspired reimagining of E. M. Forster's novel Maurice . Although told this time from Alec's point of view, the new novel successfully captures the spirit of Forster's original. . .the love story itself remains timeless, and its seamless reimagining is an altogether memorable accomplishment. One imagines Forster would be pleased." -- Booklist ( s tarred review) "Playwright Di Canzio's canny debut retells E.M. Forster's pioneering gay classic, Maurice , from the point of view of the gamekeeper who ends up with the title character. . . Di Canzio liberally quotes dialogue from Forster's novel for dozens of pages, creating a satisfying blend of fan fiction and intertextuality. The romance and the wartime scenes are particularly well rendered, as is a postwar episode featuring Alec in Cassis." -- Publishers Weekly "Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzio's novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." -- Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, "Just when it began to seem that I couldn't read E. M. Forster's Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here's Alec, William di Canzio's brilliant reimagining of Forster's classic. Alec extends Maurice , delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful." -- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours "Playwright Di Canzio's canny debut retells E.M. Forster's pioneering gay classic, Maurice , from the point of view of the gamekeeper who ends up with the title character. . . Di Canzio liberally quotes dialogue from Forster's novel for dozens of pages, creating a satisfying blend of fan fiction and intertextuality. The romance and the wartime scenes are particularly well rendered, as is a postwar episode featuring Alec in Cassis. . . Forster is a high benchmark, but Di Canzio makes a noble effort in this inspired work." -- Publishers Weekly "Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzio's novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." -- Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, "Just when it began to seem that I couldn't read E. M. Forster's Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here's Alec, William di Canzio's brilliant reimagining of Forster's classic. Alec extends Maurice , delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful." -- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours "The classic love story of upperclass Englishman Maurice Hill and gamekeeper Alec Scudder comes alive again in this inspired reimagining of E. M. Forster's novel Maurice . Although told this time from Alec's point of view, the new novel successfully captures the spirit of Forster's original. . .the love story itself remains timeless, and its seamless reimagining is an altogether memorable accomplishment. One imagines Forster would be pleased." -- Booklist ( s tarred review) "Playwright Di Canzio's canny debut retells E.M. Forster's pioneering gay classic, Maurice , from the point of view of the gamekeeper who ends up with the title character. . . Di Canzio liberally quotes dialogue from Forster's novel for dozens of pages, creating a satisfying blend of fan fiction and intertextuality. The romance and the wartime scenes are particularly well rendered, as is a postwar episode featuring Alec in Cassis. . . Forster is a high benchmark, but Di Canzio makes a noble effort in this inspired work." -- Publishers Weekly "Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzio's novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." -- Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, "Just when it began to seem that I couldn't read E. M. Forster's Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here's Alec, William di Canzio's brilliant reimagining of Forster's classic. Alec extends Maurice , delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful." -- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours "The classic love story of upperclass Englishman Maurice Hill and gamekeeper Alec Scudder comes alive again in this inspired reimagining of E. M. Forster's novel Maurice . Although told this time from Alec's point of view, the new novel successfully captures the spirit of Forster's original. . .the love story itself remains timeless, and its seamless reimagining is an altogether memorable accomplishment. One imagines Forster would be pleased." -- Booklist ( s tarred review) "Playwright Di Canzio's canny debut retells E.M. Forster's pioneering gay classic, Maurice , from the point of view of the gamekeeper who ends up with the title character. . . Di Canzio liberally quotes dialogue from Forster's novel for dozens of pages, creating a satisfying blend of fan fiction and intertextuality. The romance and the wartime scenes are particularly well rendered, as is a postwar episode featuring Alec in Cassis." -- Publishers Weekly "Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzio's novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." -- Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, "There's a sweeping romantic vision here that's as old-fashioned as it is refreshingly modern, with this war-torn couple pining away for each other as they hold their love in the highest esteem, in bold defiance of English laws and customs . . . Di Canzio's novel reads like an attempt to make these forgotten men feel less alone, to proliferate their stories . . . Alec is fiction as queer archaeology, demonstrating that looking back doesn't necessarily mean looking backward."-- Manuel Betancourt, The New York Times Book Review " Alec is the kind of novel Maurice could never be, full of sex and war, death and torture. Di Canzio's descriptions of their experiences are harrowing, tender, brutal, and comic . . . The question Maurice raised--is there anywhere these men can truly be together?--is made the more real, not the less, by the war and this novel." -- Alexander Chee, The New Republic "Just when it began to seem that I couldn't read E. M. Forster's Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here's Alec, William di Canzio's brilliant reimagining of Forster's classic. Alec extends Maurice , delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful." -- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours "The classic love story of upperclass Englishman Maurice Hill and gamekeeper Alec Scudder comes alive again in this inspired reimagining of E. M. Forster's novel Maurice . Although told this time from Alec's point of view, the new novel successfully captures the spirit of Forster's original. . .the love story itself remains timeless, and its seamless reimagining is an altogether memorable accomplishment. One imagines Forster would be pleased." -- Booklist ( s tarred review) "Playwright Di Canzio's canny debut retells E.M. Forster's pioneering gay classic, Maurice , from the point of view of the gamekeeper who ends up with the title character. . . Di Canzio liberally quotes dialogue from Forster's novel for dozens of pages, creating a satisfying blend of fan fiction and intertextuality. The romance and the wartime scenes are particularly well rendered, as is a postwar episode featuring Alec in Cassis." -- Publishers Weekly "Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzio's novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." -- Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, "Just when it began to seem that I couldn't read E. M. Forster's Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here's Alec, William di Canzio's brilliant reimagining of Forster's classic. Alec extends Maurice , delivers it to us intact but refreshed and reconsidered. I, for one, am extremely grateful." -- Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours "Heartfelt, sexy, and luminously written, DiCanzio's novel conjures the Forsterian spirit to bring Alec and Maurice into the modern world. The deft interweaving of queer history, queer fiction, queer biography and sheer imagination kept me thinking and open to surprise. I loved it." -- Wendy Moffat, author of A Great Unrecorded History: a New Life of E.M. Forster "Maurice and Alec are one of literature's iconic couples. It's been more than a century since Forster first let these lovers into the world, and what a treat to return to them now, in di Canzio's moving homage, where we find our boys still offering valuable lessons, still tender and troubled and courageous enough to love." -- Justin Torres, author of We the Animals
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
William di Canzio's Alec , inspired by Maurice , E. M. Forster's secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forster's classic, published only after the author's death. Di Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond. Forster, who tried to write an epilogue about the future of his characters, was stymied by the radical change that the Great War brought to their world. With the hindsight of a century, di Canzio imagines a future for them and a past for Alec--a young villager possessed of remarkable passion and self-knowledge. Alec continues Forster's project of telling stories that are part of "a great unrecorded history." Di Canzio's debut novel is a love story of epic proportions, at once classic and boldly new.
LC Classification Number
PS3554.I17354A78
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- t***g (1247)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat follow up to Maurice. I believe Forster would be happy with it.
- i***a (356)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseVery fine service, thanks. Look forward to reading the book.
- o***o (1043)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchasesmooth transaction
- x***l- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI had a positive experience with this seller. I did receive an incorrect item in my package, but when I reached out to the seller about the problem, they responded in a timely manner and resolved the issue. Items were packaged in a bag but arrived in good condition as described. I am very happy with the condition of the books I received. Great value. I have already placed additional orders with this seller. Thank you!
- 5***t (1693)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI must say from the very beginning of this transaction that everything went smooth. The seller gave me a good quality product for a great price that was brand new and appeared to be better than what was pictured. I plan on purchasing more products in the near future from this seller. The product was shipped and packaged with care and love. Magnificent communication and all of what I said makes this seller a great asset to the eBay community as well as the marketplace. This is why I came back.
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