Books by John Fowles

Discover John Fowles' compelling classic first novel'Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones' Sunday TimesWithdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs.

Read John Fowles's feisty, clever, cunning and compelling novel with an unusual twist. On a remote Greek island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities.

En kærlighedsroman fra victoriatidens England om en kvinde, der har sat sig uden for datidens samfundsnormer.

Nicholas Urfe har fået stilling som privatlærer på den lille græske ø Phraxos. Her involveres han i den rige excentriker Conchis' mægtigt iscenesatte spil hvor grænserne mellem fiktion og virkelighed opløses."Den som fordomsfrit bevæger sig ind i Fowles' univers får en pragtfuld litterær oplevelse, som det er svært at finde sidestykke til." - Lars Ole Sauerberg, Berlingske Tidende.

En midaldrende, engelsk manuskriptforfatter, Daniel Martin, er blevet berømt i Hollywood, hvor han danner par med en ung skuespillerinde. En dag bliver han ringet op af sin ekshustru, der fortæller, at hans ungdomsven ligger for døden og gerne vil se ham. Gensynet med vennen betyder også et gensyn med dennes hustru, der samtidig er ekshustruens søster, som Daniel har haft en affære med for mange år siden. Tiltrækningen imellem dem viser sig at være der endnu, og efter vennens død rejser de sammen til Egypten. Af forfatteren til bla. Den franske løjtnants kvinde (1976). "Nu har vi omsider fået den. John Fowles' stort anlagte, mesterlige og problematiske roman om de udødeligt elskende i en gennempolitiseret tid ... Niels Brunse har præsteret en aldeles suveræn fordanskning." - Weekendavisen.

I 1736 rejser et lille selskab gennem et øde landskab i Sydvestengland. I forhørsprotokoller, breve og avisartikler afdækkes lag for lag den gådefulde historie om rejsens formål.

Mr. Clegg er kontorist og sommerfuglesamler, en pæn lille mand og et beskedent menneske.En dag vinder han den store præmie i tips, kvitter sit job og køber et ensomt beliggende hus på landet. Kælderen indretter han som fangerum.Han er nemlig blevet betaget af den smukke unge Miranda.Hun minder ham om en sommerfugl, et sjældent smukt eksemplar, som han absolut må have.

En ung abstrakt maler aflægger besøg hos den gamle kunstmaler Henry Breasley. Mødet mellem de to kunstnere bliver en skelsættende begivenhed for den unge maler.

As lyrical and precise as Fowles' novels, The Tree is a provocative meditation on the connection between the natural world and human creativity, and also a rejection of the idea that nature should be tamed for human purpose.

Miles Green wakes up in a mysterious hospital with no idea of how he got there or who he is. In the most unorthodox of hospital rooms we eavesdrop on the serious discourse, virulent abuse and hilarious mockery of the erotic guerilla war that is Mantissa.

The first volume of John Fowles's Journals ended with him achieving international literary renown after the publication of The Collector and The Magus, and leaving London behind to live in a remote house near Lyme Regis.

Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos.

Here, for the first time, is a riveting collection of Fowles's fugitive and intensely personal writings composed sinced 1963, ranging from essays and literary criticism to commentaries, autobiographical statements, memoirs and musings.

The Ebony Tower is a series of novellas, rich in imagery, exploring the nature of art. In the title story, a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter is intrigued by the elderly artist's relationship with two beautiful young women.

This image gives way to another - a hanging corpse with violets stuffed in its mouth - which leads us into a maze of beguiling paths and wrong turnings, disappearances and revelations, unaccountable motives and cryptic deeds, as this compelling mystery swerves towards a starling vision at its centre.

Set internationally and spanning three decades, Daniel Martin is, among other things, an exploration of what it is to be English. In a richly evoked narrative, Daniel travels home to reconcile with a dying friend, and also to visit his own forgotten past in an attempt to discover himself.

Widely acclaimed since publication, John Fowles' most beloved novel is the ultimate epic historical romance. Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea.

In 1963 John Fowles won international recognition with his first published novel The Collector.