William Alexander Gerhardie était un romancier et dramaturge anglo-russe, reconnu comme l'un des romanciers anglais les plus acclamés des années 1920. Son écriture s'inspirait souvent de ses expériences en Russie et de ses visites d'enfance dans la Russie prérévolutionnaire, avec un style significativement influencé par l'approche tragicomique d'auteurs russes tels que Tchekhov. Les romans de Gerhardie, tels que "Futility" et "The Polyglots", sont remarquables par leur exploration de thèmes comme "l'attente" et leur sens partagé du nihilisme comique. Bien que sa renommée ait diminué après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, sa voix littéraire distinctive et son impact sur la littérature anglaise continuent d'être appréciés, ses œuvres connaissant un regain d'intérêt.
The Glasgow Boys revolutionized Scottish painting from 1880 until around 1895, although their influence lasted until just before World War 1. They painted outdoors, and captured a way of life that changed Scottish painting. This title introduces them.
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene both acknowledged the influence of this remarkable autobiographical novel.
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Hailed by his famous contemporaries including Edith Wharton, H.G. Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh, who called him a "genius," William Gerhardie is one of the twentieth century's forgotten masters, and his lovely comedy Futility one of the century's neglected masterpieces. It tells the story of someone very similar to Gerhardie himself: a young Englishman raised in Russia who returns to St. Petersburg and falls in love with the daughter of a hilariously dysfunctional family--all played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching back and forth outside the parlor window. Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, and with a large cast of memorable characters, this astoundingly funny and poignant novel is the tale of people persisting in love and hope despite the odds.