E. R. Eddison (1882–1945)
Autor/a de The Worm Ouroboros
Sobre l'autor
Sèrie
Obres de E. R. Eddison
In Valhalla 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Eddison, Eric Rücker
- Data de naixement
- 1882-11-24
- Data de defunció
- 1945-08-18
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- St Helens, Adel, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Leeds, England, UK
St. Helens, Adel, Yorkshire, England (birth) - Educació
- Eton College
University of Cambridge (Trinity College) - Professions
- civil servant
novelist - Relacions
- Ransome, Arthur (friend)
- Organitzacions
- Board of Trade
- Premis i honors
- Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (Companion, 1924)
Order of the Bath (Companion, 1929)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Read These Too (1)
Unread books (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- També de
- 7
- Membres
- 4,012
- Popularitat
- #6,288
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 64
- ISBN
- 111
- Llengües
- 8
- Preferit
- 11
I don't recall it having been so laborious from my first time of reading back in my teenage years, but I guess without internet reference rabbit-holes to fall down, it would be faster, though somewhat more archaic and obscure.
Anyway, the plot takes precedence over character, and there's barely any plot to speak of, so what you are left with is a framework over which Eddison drapes his sumptuous language, weaving moods and reveries, sometimes loud, brash and theatrical, at othertimes delicate fretworks of bejewelled, gilded traceries. It's definitely a love/hate book, and I've needed my own mood to be right to enter into Eddison's world, but I was happy to take my time and approach it as a feast of many courses, rather than a fast food binge.… (més)