Diarios

Diarios

Paperback (01 May 2012) | Spanish

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Publisher's Synopsis

Written during the last eight months of his life, these diaries are an unfiltered narration ofthe life of Joe Orton, the extremely successful and famous British playwright.On August 9, 1967, Orton was murdered in London by Kenneth Halliwell, his lover of 16 years, who bludgeonedhimwith a hammer and then immediately committed suicide. Halliwell left a note that said that all would be explained if the policereadOrton's diaries.Inthe diaries, Orton narrates his literary success, his sexual escapades at his mother's funeral, with a dwarf in Brighton, and, extensively, in Tangiers and the breakdown of his"marriage" to Halliwell, the relationship that transformed his life and ultimately ended it."Escritos durante los ultimos ocho meses de su vida, estos diarios son una narracion sinrestriccion alguna de la vida de Joe Orton, elsumamente exitoso y famoso dramaturgo ingles. El 9 de agosto de 1967, en Londres, Orton fue asesinado a martillazos por Kenneth Halliwell, su amante de 16 anos, quien se suicido inmediatamente despues. Halliwell dejo una nota que decia que todo quedaria explicadocuando la policia leyeralosdiarios de Orton. Enlos diarios, Orton narra su exito literario, sus aventuras sexuales en el funeral de su madre, con un enano en Brighton y, profusamente, en Tanger y la descomposicion de su "matrimonio" a Halliwell, la relacion que le cambio la vida y que termino por destruirla.""

Book information

ISBN: 9788493664886
Publisher: Cabaret Voltaire
Imprint: Cabaret Voltaire
Pub date:
DEWEY: B
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 444
Weight: 454g
Height: 188mm
Width: 122mm
Spine width: 28mm