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

Henry James (1843-1916) es una de las máximas figuras de la literatura en lengua inglesa. Además de "Washington Square", entre sus obras más conocidas se cuentan "El retrato de una dama" y "Otra vuelta de tuerca" -ambas publicadas en Alianza Editorial-, "Los papeles de Aspern" o "Las alas de la paloma". "Washington Square" fue llevada al cine por William Wyler con el título de "La heredera".