D. M. Thomas (1935–2023)
Autor(a) de The White Hotel
About the Author
Writer and translator D. M. Thomas was born in Cornwall, England on January 27, 1935. He graduated with First Class Honours in English from New College, Oxford and became a teacher. In 1979, he became a full-time author and his best-known work is The White Hotel. His works also include memoirs, mostrar mais poetry and translations of Pushkin and Anna Akhmatova. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por D. M. Thomas
Top 4 exemplares
Vita Hotellet 2 exemplares
HOTELI I BARDHE 1 exemplar
Seeking a suitable donor [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Titian Triumphant (Art & Antiques Magazine) 1 exemplar
Flying in to love 1 exemplar
Hospital Of Transplanted Hearts {poem} 1 exemplar
Japanese Tattoo 1 exemplar
The Granite Kingdom: poems of Cornwall 1 exemplar
Beli hotel 1 exemplar
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 452 exemplares
Holding your eight hands; an anthology of science fiction verse (1969) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Thomas, D.M.
- Nome legal
- Thomas, Donald Michael
- Data de nascimento
- 1935-01-27
- Data de falecimento
- 2023-03-26
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- England
UK - Local de nascimento
- Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK (birth)
Australia
USA
Truro, Cornwall, England, UK - Educação
- Trewirgie Primary School
Redruth Grammar School
University High School, Melbourne
Oxford University (New College) - Ocupações
- Writer
Poet
Translator - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Cholmondeley Award for Poetry
Arts Council Award for Literature
Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 46
- Also by
- 17
- Membros
- 2,981
- Popularidade
- #8,556
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 38
- ISBN
- 153
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 7
There's a bit of a trick going on here, first hinted at and then increasingly evident (if you know your history, or you've just been reading the LT tags). The rising tension is mostly due to predicting what's coming rather than the plotting, although the hallucination element adds some ominousness. Its climax includes the most gut-wrenching description of this particular scene I've ever read, although I understand Thomas has Anatoly Kuznetsov to thank for its power. The final section ends on a mercifully happier note, the only one available.… (mais)