Título : |
THE QUICKENING MAZE |
Tipo de documento: |
texto impreso |
Autores: |
FOULDS,ADAM |
Editorial: |
LONDON : JONATHAN CAPE |
Fecha de publicación: |
2009 |
Número de páginas: |
258p |
Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
Palabras clave: |
FICTION |
Resumen: |
BASED ON THE REAL EVENTS IN EPPING FOREST ON THE EDGE OF LONDON AROUND 1840, THE QUICKENING MAZE CENTRES ON THE FIRST INCCARCERATION OF THE GREAT NATURE POET JOHN CLARE.AFTER YEARS STRUGLING WITH ALCOHOL,CRITICAL NEGLECT AND DEPRESSION, CLARE FINDS HIMSELF I HIGH BEACH PRIVATE AN INSTITUTION RUN ON REFORMIST PRINCIPLES WHICH WOULD LATER BECOME KNOWN AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER POET, THE YOUNG ALFRED TENNYSON,MOVES NEARBY AND BECOMES ENTANGLED IN THE LIFE AND CATASTROPHIC SCHEMES OF THE ASYLUMS OWNER, THE PECULIAR,CHARISMATIC DR MATTHEW ALLEN. |
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