Sweet Caress

Resumen del libro

Amory's first memory is of her father doing a handstand. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are what she chiefly remembers.

It is her photographer uncle Greville who supplies the emotional bond she needs, and, when he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography, unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future. A spell at boarding school ends abruptly and Amory begins an apprenticeship with Greville in London, living in his flat in Kensington, earning two pounds a week photographing socialites for fashionable magazines. But Amory is hungry for more and her search for life, love and artistic expression will take her to the demi monde of Berlin of the late 1920s, to New York of the 1930s, to the Blackshirt riots in London and to France in the Second World War where she becomes one of the first women war photographers.

Her desire for experience will lead Amory to further wars, to lovers, husbands and children as she continues to pursue her dreams and battle her demons. In this enthralling story of a life fully lived, William Boyd has created a sweeping panorama of some of the most defining moments of modern history, told through the camera lens of one unforgettable woman, Amory Clay. It is his greatest achievement to date.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P Nacido en Ghana en 1952, x{0026}lt;B William Boydx{0026}lt;/B pasó gran parte de su infancia en el oeste de África. Es autor de catorce novelas, entre las que destacan x{0026}lt;I Un buen hombre en Áfricax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Como nieve al solx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Barras y estrellasx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Las nuevas confesionesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Playa de Brazzavillex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I La tarde azulx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Armadillox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Las aventuras de un hombre cualquierax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Sin respirox{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Solox{0026}lt;/I , protagonizada por James Bond (todas ellas publicadas por Alfaguara). También ha escrito libros de relatos, un ensayo, una biografía, y guiones para cine y televisión. Ha sido galardonado, entre otros, con los premios Whitbread First Novel; Somerset Maugham; John Llewellyn Rhys; James Tait Black Memorial; Jean Monnet; Costa Novel of the Year, y el Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year. Es miembro de la Real Sociedad de Literatura británica y Oficial de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras francesa. En 2005 fue nombrado Caballero del Imperio Británico. Hoy en día divide su tiempo entre el suroeste de Francia y el barrio londinense de Chelsea.x{0026}lt;/P