Daniel Martin (Paperback)

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Product Description

Daniel Martin's (1977) eponymous protagonist returns to England after a sojourn in Hollywood -- and sets out to rectify the sins and omissions of his past.

About the Author

John Fowles was born in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford School and Oxford University. John Fowles won international recognition with his first published title, The Collector (1963). He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works. He now lives and writes in Lyme Regis, Dorset --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Back Bay Books (August 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316290394
• ISBN-13: 978-0316290395
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #657,956 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underated, November 28, 2001

By	Beverly C. Shirts "bevshi" (GOLD HILL, Or United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Daniel Martin (Mass Market Paperback)

I have never understod why this book didn't seem to catch on. I think it is possibly his best book. The beginning is beautiful, but my advice is to skim thru the first chapter--then get on to the rest of the book. When you have finished--go back and re-read the beginning...because it IS remarkable and beautiful. I almost think he should have just somehow started in with the story this time--and ended with his poetic begining.It felt autobiographical and it touched me.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True genius.., April 18, 1999

By A Customer

In this brilliant masterpiece, John Fowles has captured pure human emotion together with the essense and meaning of human relationships and put them into words with stunning clarity and effectiveness.

Fowles proves himself here a true genius, for both delving into the obscure depths of human existence as well as for his unique ability to describe what he finds there.

He rightfully deserves the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature that he has been nominated for.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An epic; a Life., January 13, 2000

By	f.walker (Australia) - See all my reviews

Fowles, as ever, takes us through an incredible range of human emotion and exposes the facade of all that is not real. Slowly he peels the layers off the outer shell until the subject is left bare, small and humbled by their own understanding of self. John Fowles continues to pose the question of the human condition and his capacity for storytelling, his mastery of words and his vivid creation of characters who live with you, inside you and are probably a part of you is rivalled by no other.