Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay

Name: Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: William Boyd
ISBN: 9781408867983

William Boyd

27/08/2015
Bloomsbury Publishing

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay par William Boyd

Résumé

A spell at boarding school ends abruptly and Amory begins an apprenticeship with Greville in London, living in his tiny flat in Kensington, earning two pounds a week photographing socialites for the magazine Beau Monde. But Amory is hungry for more and her search for life, love and artistic expression will take her to the demi monde of Berlin of the late 20s, to New York of the 30s, to the Blackshirt riots in London and to France in the Second World War where she becomes one of the first women war photographers. Her desire for experience will lead Amory to further wars, to lovers, husbands and children as she continues to pursue her dreams and battle her demons. In this enthralling story of a life fully lived, William Boyd has created a sweeping panorama of some of the most defining moments of modern history, told through the camera lens of one unforgettable woman, Amory Clay. It is his greatest achievement to date.