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by William Boyd · SEUIL · tapa blanda · 528 pages
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Sumérgete en la fascinante vida de Amory Clay, una joven inglesa que se adentra en el mundo de la fotografía tras la Primera Guerra Mundial. Desde los retratos mundanos en Londres hasta los ambientes bohemios de Berlín, Amory captura la esencia de una época turbulenta. Su talento la lleva a Nueva York, donde establece una relación amorosa con un diplomático francés y crea una oficina en Londres. Sin embargo, su vida da un giro inesperado cuando es brutalmente atacada en una manifestación fascista. Tras cubrir el Desembarco en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, encuentra el amor en un oficial escocés y se retira a su castillo, donde la tragedia la golpea de nuevo. A pesar de las adversidades, Amory resurge como fotógrafa en Vietnam y busca a su hija en una secta en California. En su vejez, reflexiona sobre su vida en una isla escocesa, contemplando su legado mientras la enfermedad la acecha.
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.”
