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 1
... mother blond and beautiful and a father quiet and rich . His nannie wheeled him daily in a high blue pram on pebbled ... mother's arms with salt pressed on his lips and a cold dash of water on the skull , he was christened Balthazar ...
... mother blond and beautiful and a father quiet and rich . His nannie wheeled him daily in a high blue pram on pebbled ... mother's arms with salt pressed on his lips and a cold dash of water on the skull , he was christened Balthazar ...
Pàgina 5
... mother in a white flowing gown , leaned elbows on the mantel , a loose long strand of her golden hair fallen on her tan shoulder and her head held in her hand . Morning wiping sleepy dust from eyes , Balthazar asked nannie why does ...
... mother in a white flowing gown , leaned elbows on the mantel , a loose long strand of her golden hair fallen on her tan shoulder and her head held in her hand . Morning wiping sleepy dust from eyes , Balthazar asked nannie why does ...
Pàgina 8
... mother's hair so blond against the black , a white hanky held up under her veil . And as the milky marble slab shut the coffin away . Heads were turning one by one to look at Uncle Edouard as he stood his chin lifted and eyes elevated ...
... mother's hair so blond against the black , a white hanky held up under her veil . And as the milky marble slab shut the coffin away . Heads were turning one by one to look at Uncle Edouard as he stood his chin lifted and eyes elevated ...
Pàgina 9
... mother in her black laces , veils and chiffons ascends alone in the tiny lift . There she is as we come puffing up five flights of wide pink marble stairs , curved and gleaming . Uncle Edouard frowning and pursing his lips at the ...
... mother in her black laces , veils and chiffons ascends alone in the tiny lift . There she is as we come puffing up five flights of wide pink marble stairs , curved and gleaming . Uncle Edouard frowning and pursing his lips at the ...
Pàgina 13
... mother's golden hair , her black veils clutched around her shoulders . All wan smiles and waves . They push you away , and say goodbye . Then you are lonely and afraid with all the emptiness deeper and deeper everywhere . The motor ...
... mother's golden hair , her black veils clutched around her shoulders . All wan smiles and waves . They push you away , and say goodbye . Then you are lonely and afraid with all the emptiness deeper and deeper everywhere . The motor ...
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