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John Fowles: A Life in Two Worlds (Hardcover)

by Eileen Warburton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Viking Books (Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0670032832
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670032839
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.7 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 415,689 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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About the Author

Eileen Warburton lives in Newport, Rhode Island. This is her first book. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Views into the Inner Life of the Writer, 6 July 2004
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Anyone who is a writer or wants to write would do well to read this biography. The book will also appeal to fans of John Fowles's novels, screenplays, translations, essays and poems.

Seldom has a biographer of a writer had access to more material. Mr. Fowles made it his habit to make extensive daily notes about his life and his thoughts that could be turned into writing. As a result, Ms. Warburton is able to make connections between experiences, thoughts, drafts, hopes and characters all the way into final manuscripts and screenplays. Such references are immensely interesting and rewarding. The book contains so many such connections that you will feel as though you know works that you have not even glimpsed. Naturally, a side benefit of reading this book is to know which of John Fowles's works should be on your nightstand.

The book is remarkably candid about Mr. Fowles as a man. Like many writers, he isn't as much of a personal giant as he is a literary figure. The background concerning his relationships with women and his first wife don't cast him in a very favorable light . . . yet it's important because his wife was a source for some of his most memorable characters and someone who played an important role in editing his earliest novels.

As someone who writes nonfiction books, I found deep insights into the methods and processes that proved to be most helpful to Mr. Fowles. I was impressed by Ms. Warburton's sensitivities in this area.

Be aware that his story contains many delicious ironies and much personal pain. Truth is indeed often stranger than fiction, even the often unusual fiction of John Fowles.

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