Spanning three generations, The Sparsholt Affair plumbs the ways the friendship between these two men will influence their lives—and the lives of others'—for decades to come. Spanning three generations, The Sparsholt Affair plumbs the ways the friendship between these two men will influence their lives—and the lives of others’—for decades to come. The Sparsholt Affair (eBook) : Hollinghurst, Alan : "From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Man Booker Prize, a masterly new novel that spans seven transformative decades in England--from the 1940s to the present--as it plumbs the richly complex relationships of a remarkable family. Available. The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst begins in the 1940’s at Oxford University. en meer dan één miljoen andere boeken zijn beschikbaar voor Amazon Kindle.Amazon Kindle. The Sparsholt Affair (Large Print) : Hollinghurst, Alan : "In 1940, David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford to study engineering, though his sights are set on joining the Royal Air Force. A keen athlete and oarsman, he at first seems unaware of the effect he has on others - particularly on the lonely and romantic Evert Dax A masterly novel following the richly complex relationships of a remarkable family across seven decades, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty.. Alan Hollinghurst’s sweeping new novel evokes across three generations the intimate relationships of a group of friends brought together by art, literature, and love. In 1940, the handsome, athletic, and charismatic David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford University to study engineering, unaware of his effect on others—especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. The Sparsholt Affair is Alan Hollinghurst's sixth novel, and like his previous two -- the Man Booker Prize–winning The Line of Beauty and, subsequently, The Stranger's Child-- the story travels through a series of eras, capturing in each the nature of gay life in England. The Sparsholt Affair is filled with what Johnny, describing some Whistler paintings, calls "small miracles of observation." The Sparsholt Affair (Paperback). ‘The love that dare not speak its name’ Het centrale leitmotiv in The Sparsholt Affair is David 'The Sparsholt Affair' by Alan Hollinghurst is an assured work of historical fiction tracing the evolution of gay rights, but it never quite coheres. In October 1940, the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in Oxford. The Sparsholt Affair (Paperback) Alan Hollinghurst (author) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★. 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