by Peter Ackroyd · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440206909
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«El último testamento de Oscar Wilde» is the historical novel by Peter Ackroyd, published by FisicalBook in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is presented as the testament Oscar Wilde never wrote, reconstructed by Peter Ackroyd from real events. In the first person, it evokes his triumph in London and his fall in Paris, amid poverty and public rejection, offering an intimate portrait of a life marked by contrast.
The original work, «The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde», was published in 1983; the Spanish edition appeared in 1988 in the Biblioteca de Novela Histórica collection.
For readers of historical fiction and for those who want to approach the figure of Oscar Wilde through fiction.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
