Notes of a Son and Brother

Resumen del libro

This volume of Henry James' autobiography, published less than two years before his death, tackles the fortunes of the James family during the Civil War years. After a nomadic childhood spent in Europe and America, the James family finally settled in New England. Written in the complex, rich prose of the author's later years, it presents the dominant figures of his life - his father William and his brother Henry Sr.

- through the medium of their family letters (which we now know were subject to careful revision). The war also sees James' 'forgotten' younger brother Wilky seriously wounded, although the author himself was exempted from duty on medical grounds. The death of a beloved cousin, Mary Temple, features prominently, and gives James pause to reflect on his own mortality.

As a young man, despite a half-hearted attempt at a career in law, James moves to pursue his love of writing and begins to have work published in periodicals. A mature reflection on a young man's first tentative steps on the path to literary greatness, Notes of a Son and Brother is both fascinating and poignant.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Henry James (Nueva York, 1843 - Londres, 1916) x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Nació en una familia acomodada norteamericana, relacionada con artistas y escritores, y ya de muy joven viajó por Europa. Empezó a estudiar Derecho, pero prefirió orientar su carrera hacia la literatura y colaboró asiduamente en la prensa. Es uno de los escritores más importantes y reconocidos de la literatura estadounidense y un gran exponente de la narrativa transatlántica. Trazó relaciones con los grandes escritores de su época, como Edith Wharton, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gustave Flaubert, Iván Turguénev... Supo describir la complejidad de la alta sociedad neoyorquina en su época dorada, con mucha profundidad y un fuerte análisis psicológico de sus protagonistas.x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;br x{0026}lt;/p