by Peter Ackroyd · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435005432
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«Chatterton» is the historical novel by Peter Ackroyd published by Edhasa in hardcover (324 pages, in Spanish).
The plot alternates several eras: a poet and a novelist investigate an eighteenth-century manuscript; Henry Wallis paints the portrait of the dead Chatterton in the nineteenth century; and Chatterton himself gives his version of August 1770. The novel deals with authenticity, plagiarism, madness and the nature of poetry.
The novel belongs to the Narrativas Históricas collection and was translated by Ana Pascual. The work was originally published in 1987 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, especially those interested in English Romanticism and the legend of Thomas Chatterton.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
