Stonecliff eBook Robert Nathan
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A young journalist and aspiring author MICHAEL ROBB has landed a dream assignment to interview the renowned but reclusive author EDWARD GRANVILLE. The famous writer and his devoted wife VIRGINIA have lived for many years in isolation at their hilltop retreat on the Pacific Coast known as Stonecliff. Not long after Michael arrives, strange things begin to happen. Granville's wife disappears, and Michael meets NINA, a beautiful but mysterious young woman who seems to be the author's mistress. Other characters suddenly appear and then vanish into thin air as if they are creations from the author's vivid imagination. Michael comes to realize that these hallucinations are in fact coming straight from the pages of Granville's work and that he is becoming a character in the author's next book. Robert Nathan weaves a mysterious and haunting story that echoes an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece concerning a famous novelist's life and all the secrets that lie behind the gates of his beloved home--Stonecliff.
"This is a daring accomplishment, yet characteristic of the courage and imagination which always mark Nathan's work. If he is not the most neglected of our great writers, surely not enough readers have been initiated into the circle of his magic... This novel, as all enduring novels, may be read on every level from entertainment to prophecy. It will, I am certain, bring many new readers to this great storyteller, to find in his novels a world celebrating tenderness, love, mystery and the sorcery of the creative mind."
--Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
About the Author
Author of such revered books as PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, THE BISHOP’S WIFE, THE RIVER JOURNEY, and STONECLIFF, Robert Nathan was born in New York City in 1894 and was educated at private schools in the United States and Switzerland. While attending Harvard University where he was a classmate with E.E. Cummings, Nathan was an editor of the Harvard Monthly, in which his first stories and poems appeared. While at Cambridge, Nathan also found the time to become an accomplished cellist, a lightweight boxer, and Captain of the fencing team. After leaving college, Mr. Nathan devoted his time exclusively to writing until his passing in 1985. Early on, Nathan’s work strengthened his reputation with both the public and peers. F. Scott Fitzgerald once referred to Robert Nathan as his favorite writer. During this period, the legendary Louis B. Mayer contracted him to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. Nathan ultimately didn’t enjoy the experience, though the movie industry continually craved his work. Five of his novels have been made into films. The aforementioned “Portrait of Jennie” and “The Bishop’s Wife,” as well as “One More Spring,” “Wake Up and Dream” (from the novel “The Enchanted Voyage”) and “Color of Evening.” Robert Nathan was the author of over fifty volumes of novels, poetry, and plays, and from this body of distinguished work he acquired a reputation as a master of satiric fantasy unique in American Letters. In the twilight of his career he was known as “The Dean of Author’s,” since many prominent writers including Irving Stone and Irving Wallace sought out Nathan’s guidance. A member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters for fifty years, Mr. Nathan called both Cape Cod and California home. Happily, his last fifteen years were spent in the companionship of his wife, English born actress, Anna Lee.
Stonecliff eBook Robert Nathan
A story removed from time and mysterious in its own way. The writing is lovely---pure Robert Nathan. I like Portrait of Jenny better, for several reasons. One is that with Portrait, the author was younger, and his life view fresher. Stonecliff has some slightly annoying speeches by an older character, and you can usually tell when an author is past her/his prime when they start pontificating from the stage of an elderly character. Another reason that I didn't give the book 5 stars is that none of the characters in this story were particularly engaging human beings. The book is worth reading for the magical qualities and the mystery that remains about life and human character, though.Product details
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Stonecliff eBook Robert Nathan Reviews
Plot was a little confused. Portrait of Jennie and some of Nathan's other works are far more memorable. Good read as are all his novels.
Psychological Gothic Sci fi. I enjoyed it.
The isolation and vagueness of the setting establish a sense of mystery and other-worldliness that legitimizes the narrator's seamless movement between reality and fantasy. The numerous literary allusions reveal the intellect of Granville, the reclusive writer at the center of the novel's premise, to the reader and to the narrator. However, the novel just doesn't quite achieve what it seems to attempt. The description and characterization don't create the suspension of disbelief necessary for the novel to work.
I ask you how can you review a genius
To
review a genius is impossible for one can analyze a genius but never reach that level to review or critique him
This short novel is not only beautifully written but can be analytical of life love and illusion
As a child my favorite movie was and still is the portrait of jennie
This work transcends the boundaries of life death and eternal existence
I highly recommend this 5 star classic
One of Nathan's later works, and actually re-uses several phrases and images from previous books (the plot of the book being written by the author is from one of Nathan's other books)...but it has many of the lovely qualities of his novels.
I hv loved Robert Nathan for many years. His writing is like poetry and it takes me away to the places he describes. This story is reminiscent of Portrait of Jenny - gentle, tender, spellbinding. It is a love story, of course and the rhythm of it is slow to captures the reader's heart and ensnare you. It requires patience as does love itself. I would recommend this and other books written by Mr. Nathan to those who enjoy poetry, mystery and the magic of the heart.
This is a really bad effort by a good writer. I didn't care for any of the characters. The skimpy storyline felt merely a device to lecture the reader about things of interest to Nathan and of things that had changed in the world that bothered him. I had no interest in what happened to the people of this story. They weren't developed at all.
A story removed from time and mysterious in its own way. The writing is lovely---pure Robert Nathan. I like Portrait of Jenny better, for several reasons. One is that with Portrait, the author was younger, and his life view fresher. Stonecliff has some slightly annoying speeches by an older character, and you can usually tell when an author is past her/his prime when they start pontificating from the stage of an elderly character. Another reason that I didn't give the book 5 stars is that none of the characters in this story were particularly engaging human beings. The book is worth reading for the magical qualities and the mystery that remains about life and human character, though.
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