by Penelope Fitzgerald · Fourth Estate Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006543602
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«The Gate of Angels» is the historical novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, published by Fourth Estate Ltd in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Set in Cambridge in 1912, the novel follows Fred Fairly, a young physics lecturer at an all-male college, whose life changes when he meets Daisy. The work explores love, science and faith, and the clash between tradition and modernity.
Shortlisted for the 1990 Booker Prize, with an introduction by Philip Hensher. The work was originally published in 1990.
Intended for readers of historical and literary fiction, with a particular interest in pre-First World War England.
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Observer in 2012 placed her final novel, The Blue Flower, among "the ten best historical novels". A.S. Byatt called her, "Jane Austen’s nearest heir for precision and invention."
