Merlin Holland: After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal, Kartoniert / Broschiert
After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal
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- Publisher:
- Europa Editions, 01/2027
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9798889662440
- Item number:
- 12786805
- Volume:
- 696 Pages
- Release date:
- 5.1.2027
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
**The Millions Most Anticipated Books of the Year
The gripping story of Oscar Wilde and his enduring legacy written by Wilde's only grandson
"Magnificent."--Stephen Fry
Oscar Wilde died in November 1900, exiled in Paris, his reputation in tatters, exhausted by scandal and prison life. While the details of his life in the limelight are well known, often ignored are the reverberations of the Wilde scandal over the decades following his trial and death.
With pathos, humor, and his grandfather's signature wit, Merlin Holland charts the extraordinary afterlife of the legendary writer and thinker, tracing the dramatic fluctuations in Wilde's posthumous reputation.
A true feat of storytelling and scholarship, *After Oscar *documents decades of sensationalist conjecture surrounding the Wilde family and exposes a century of bigotry and hypocrisy within the cultural establishment. Here is a book that will amuse, infuriate, fascinate, and shock. Readers beware--you're in for a Wilde ride.
Biography
Merlin Holland, geboren 1945, ist der einzige Enkel von Oscar Wilde. Er hat sich erst im Alter von 47 Jahren zum Schreiben entschlossen. Mit dem Werk seines Großvaters befasst er sich seit rund 20 Jahren. Holland lebt mit seiner Familie in London; er arbeitet als Journalist.
