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The new life : a novel / Tom Crewe.
"In this bold debut novel, two men, both in complicated marriages, risk their livelihoods and their lives to write a revolutionary book in defense of gay love."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668000830 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 390 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2023.
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| Subject: | Authors > Fiction. Gay men > Fiction. Gays > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Married men > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Gay fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Crewe | 31681010307031 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In late 19th-century London, after Oscar Wilde is arrested, two men, who have collaborated on a book in defense of homosexuality, must decide if publishing their project is bravery or foolishness as they risk ostracism, imprisonment, their safety and the safety of the people they love. - Baker & Taylor
In the summer of 1894, two men collaborating on a book in defense of homosexuality, then a crime, must decide whether to continue with their project, risking social ostracism and imprisonment, when Oscar Wilde is arrested shortly before their book is to be published. - Simon and Schuster
Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Prix du Premier Roman Ãtranger, the Sunday Times Young Writer Award, the Betty Trask Prize, and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature ⢠Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Times (London) ⢠The Sunday Times (London) Novel of the Year ⢠Shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction, the Polari Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction ⢠Selected for Kirkus Reviewsâs Best Fiction Books of the Year
A captivating and âremarkableâ (The Boston Globe) debut that âbrims with intelligence and insightâ (The New York Times), about two marriages, two forbidden love affairs, and the passionate search for social and sexual freedom in late 19th-century London.
In the summer of 1894, John Addington and Henry Ellis begin writing a book arguing that homosexuality, which is a crime at the time, is a natural, harmless variation of human sexuality. Though they have never met, John and Henry both live in London with their wives, Catherine and Edith, and in each marriage, there is a third party: John has a lover, a working-class man named Frank, and Edith spends almost as much time with her friend Angelica as she does with Henry. John and Catherine have three grown daughters and a long, settled marriage, over the course of which Catherine has tried to accept her husbandâs sexuality and her own role in life; Henry and Edithâs marriage is intended to be a revolution in itself, an intellectual partnership that dismantles the traditional understanding of what matrimony means.
Shortly before the book is to be published, Oscar Wilde is arrested. John and Henry must decide whether to go on, risking social ostracism and imprisonment, or to give up the project for their own safety and the safety of the people they love.
A richly detailed, powerful, and visceral novel about love, sex, and the struggle for a better world, The New Life brilliantly asks: âWhatâs worth jeopardizing in the name of progress?â (The New York Times Book Review, Editorsâ Choice).
