by William Boyd · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020864763
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«La Femme sur la plage avec un chien» is the collection of short stories by William Boyd, published by Points in paperback format (196 pages, in French).
The stories span different eras and places, with very different characters: a romantic encounter between strangers on a New England beach, a man who has lost his memory and only remembers a name, and a Russian aristocrat divided between literature and an impulsive lover. The tone ranges from comic to absurd to emotive.
This volume is number 1456 in the Points collection. The original work, «Fascination», was published in 2004 in English.
For readers of literary fiction interested in the contemporary short story and in William Boyd's short fiction.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
