by William Boyd · Punto de Lectura S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466300049
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«Barras y estrellas» is the contemporary novel by William Boyd, published by Punto de Lectura S.L. in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Henderson Dores, a shy and indecisive English art appraiser, arrives in New York to revive an auction house for paintings. His hesitant character clashes with the American world, and his complicated personal relationships turn the assignment into a comedy of errors about the fascination and contradictions of American culture.
Work originally published in English as «Stars and Bars» in 1984; the present Spanish edition came out in July 2000.
For readers of contemporary fiction and comedy of errors who want to see the United States through the eyes of an Englishman.
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.”
