The Two Hotel Francforts

Resumen del libro

It is the summer of 1940, and Lisbon is one of the only neutral ports left in Europe ' a city filled with spies, crowned heads and refugees of every nationality, tipping back absinthe to while away the time until their escape. Awaiting safe passage to New York on the S. S.

Manhattan, two couples meet: Pete and Julia Winters, expatriate Americans fleeing their sedate life in Paris; and Edward and Iris Freleng, elegant, independently wealthy, bohemian, and beset by the social and sexual anxieties of their class. Swept up in the tumult, the hidden currents of the lives of these four characters ' Julia's status as a Jew, Pete and Edward's affair, Iris's increasingly desperate efforts to save her tenuous marriage ' begin to come loose. This journey will change the four of them irrevocably, as Europe sinks into war.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong David Leavittx{0026}lt;/strong (Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, 1961) se graduó en Yale en 1983. En Anagrama se ha publicado toda su obra narrativa, que le ha consagrado como una de las grandes figuras de la literatura norteamericana de su generación: x{0026}lt;em Baile en familiax{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em El lenguaje perdido de las grúasx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Amores igualesx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Un lugar en el que nunca he estadox{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Mientras Inglaterra duermex{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Arkansasx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Junto al pianistax{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Martin Baumanx{0026}lt;/em ,x{0026}lt;em El edredón de mármolx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em El cuerpo de Jonah Boydx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em El contable hindúx{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Los dos hoteles Francfortx{0026}lt;/em .x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p A tenor de su excelente y rica prosa, Leavitt se nos revela como un estilista magistral (Edmund White, x{0026}lt;em The Guardianx{0026}lt;/em ).x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Foto Jerry Bauerx{0026}lt;/p