The Ebony Tower

exquisitely written bourgeois entertainment. perhaps not the edifying exploration of emotion, identity, and human nature that the author intended - and rather a comedown after my excellent experience with his brilliant A Maggot - but a pleasant trifle nonetheless. Fowles has a beautiful hand with th......more

“Abanoz Kule” Fowles’ın 1974’te, üç büyük romanınından sonra (Koleksiyoncu, Büyücü, Fransız Teğmenin Kadını) kaleme aldığı, her satırını o zamana kadarki edebiyatına göndermelerle süslediği, acayip zengin bir eser. Türkçede ilk olarak 1990 senesinde İletişim Yayınları tarafından basılmış; 2008’de Ay......more

By itself, the presence of a wealth not make a person a creator, but the latter's independence from the mass of incoming factors is very conducive. The absence, you know, of the need to earn bread by the sweat of your brow. And the opportunity to create an earthly paradise on one single piece of land......more

Cinci nuvele foarte diferite ca stil si tematica de celelalte scrieri ale lui Fowles. Trebuie sa recunosc ca nu mi-au placut atat de mult ca "Iubita locotenentului francez"sau "Colectionarul" si chiar a trebuit sa trag de mine ca sa le termin. Desi descrierile sunt frumoase si induc o oarecare melanc......more

Fowles is one of the greats, that's for sure. I've been under the spell of The French Lieutenant's Woman for so long I've been afraid to read anything else, including what everyone says is his real masterpiece, The Magus. Not just because I was afraid nothing else would live up, but because I was af......more