The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar BGrove/Atlantic, Inc., 1 de des. 2007 - 416 pàgines The sexual odyssey of a hopeless romantic from the author of the legendary bestseller The Ginger Man—“a comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse” (Life). In the years before and after World War II, Balthazar B is the world’s last shy, elegant young man. Born to riches in Paris and raised by his solicitous governess, Balthazar is shipped away to prep school in England where he is befriended by the noble but flagrantly naughty Beefy. Together, Balthazar and Beefy matriculate to Trinity College, Dublin. There, Balthazar reads zoology and Beefy prepares for holy orders, all the while sharing amorous adventures high and low until their university careers come to an abrupt and decidedly unholy end. Out of the cocooned, innocent sexuality of Balthazar B, J. P. Donleavy—one of the most vital, and often condemned, comic voices of the twentieth century—created “one of the most perfect love affairs in modern literature . . . revelatory and delightful . . . lush and lovely, bawdy and sad” (The New York Times). “If Nancy Mitford and James Joyce had collaborated, the result might have been like the adventures of Balthazar B.” —The Guardian |
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Pàgina 2
... dark summer air stale and cold . A mile away over pastures rose dunes and on the white sandy shore washed the chill waves of the English Channel . And here Balthazar B learned to swim , learned to pray , speak English and to use his ...
... dark summer air stale and cold . A mile away over pastures rose dunes and on the white sandy shore washed the chill waves of the English Channel . And here Balthazar B learned to swim , learned to pray , speak English and to use his ...
Pàgina 3
... dark and still across vineyards and turnip fields . A dog barks and a candle glows at a farmhouse . The sleeping sound of waves takes the sand away under the feet and washes ankles white and blue with cold . Nannie leans close with big ...
... dark and still across vineyards and turnip fields . A dog barks and a candle glows at a farmhouse . The sleeping sound of waves takes the sand away under the feet and washes ankles white and blue with cold . Nannie leans close with big ...
Pàgina 4
... dark car passed along the valley of the Seine towards Paris . Counting barges on the snaking river and the tires humming on the road . Pierre's flat backed grey head between his reddened ears hunched over the steering . Tears dropped ...
... dark car passed along the valley of the Seine towards Paris . Counting barges on the snaking river and the tires humming on the road . Pierre's flat backed grey head between his reddened ears hunched over the steering . Tears dropped ...
Pàgina 6
... dark spectre in the hall speaking to passing mourners on their way to the cars . Towards every tiny rosette in a dark lapel he gave a little inclination of the head , a twist of shoulder and smile . " It is very up to date . Up to date ...
... dark spectre in the hall speaking to passing mourners on their way to the cars . Towards every tiny rosette in a dark lapel he gave a little inclination of the head , a twist of shoulder and smile . " It is very up to date . Up to date ...
Pàgina 9
... dark streets . Big cats asleep in shoemakers ' windows . Three long black auto- mobiles turning into an entrance in Avenue George V. A pale delicate tree in the midday darkness , long smooth branches reaching up past windows to a ...
... dark streets . Big cats asleep in shoemakers ' windows . Three long black auto- mobiles turning into an entrance in Avenue George V. A pale delicate tree in the midday darkness , long smooth branches reaching up past windows to a ...
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