Neighboring Lives
Published on 27. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-8018-4219-1 (ISBN)
Description
Carlyle, Swinburne, John Stuart Mill...Rossetti, Whistler, Lewis Carol...these and other characters come vividly to life in this extraordinary novel. Set within a few square blocks along the Thames, in Chelsea, Neighboring Lives is a glorious re-creation, based on historical fact, of the private and working lives of many of the nineteenth century's greatest writers and artists.
Reviews / Votes
Witty, erudite, thoroughly captivating. . . . Tom Disch and Charles Naylor have given vidid fictional life to a wide rang of mid-century characters.-Newsweek This book is a fine tribute to that most creative region of London, and it is an admirable rendering of its most creative time.
-Anthony Burgess, New York Times Witty and graceful, disclosing the eccentric essence of each colleague and rival (and so of the whole era) in wry details.
-New Yorker
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
603 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-4219-1 (9780801842191)
DOI
10.56021/9780801842191
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Tom Disch is the author of many works of fiction, poetry, and criticism, including Yes, Let's and Dark Verses and Light. Charles Naylor is a novelist, anthologist, and short story writer.