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The Education of Oscar Fairfax (originale 1995; edizione 1995)

di Louis Auchincloss (Autore)

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In this wise and masterly novel, Louis Auchincloss gives us a man who takes the measure of himself - and his times - with the art and insight of a new Henry Adams. Linking three generations of a Wall Street law firm, The Education of Oscar Fairfax provides a revealing portrait of the American upper classes throughout our century. The story opens in 1908, as St. Luke's Cathedral rises stone by stone on lower Broadway and young Oscar learns a lesson in compromise at the knee of its bishop, his grandfather. His schooling continues at St. Augustine's, where he sees a schoolmaster's high ideals exposed as fantasy, and at Yale, where Oscar's literary ambitions are tempered by a brilliant but ruthless classmate who proves that "the juiciest tidbit for many a writer is the hand that fed him." As an adult, Oscar is one who profoundly affects others, whether he is subtly influencing a Supreme Court justice during the New Deal era, acting as mentor to a talented local boy in a Maine resort town,… (altro)
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Titolo:The Education of Oscar Fairfax
Autori:Louis Auchincloss (Autore)
Info:Houghton Mifflin (1995), Edition: 1st., 225 pages
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Nacido en una minoría privilegiada, en los albores del siglo XX, la vida de Oscar Fairfax se desarrolla plácidamente, primero en St. Augustine -un prestigioso internado- y después en la Universidad de Yale, París, Washington y finalmente Nueva York, donde terminará ejerciendo como abogado en el despacho de su padre. Oscar se relaciona con algunos de los personajes más importantes de su tiempo como el presidente de los EE.UU. o uno de los jueces del Tribunal Supremo; pero en su vida no hay grandes cataclismos, tan sólo pequeñas crisis: el amigo que le traiciona, el protegido que rechaza los valores de su mentor... Oscar termina comprendiendo que la educación es labor de toda una vida y que los valores tradicionales en los que ha sido educado tienen un difícil encaje en el mundo moderno. En esta amena novela, escrita como unas memorias ficticias, Auchincloss vuelve sobre sus temas favoritos: la alta sociedad de Nueva York, los grandes despachos de abogados, el mundo del dinero y las flaquezas de quienes pueblan estos ambientes. Con más de cincuenta obras publicadas, Aunchincloss está considerado como uno de los más importantes escritores norteamericanos vivos, justo heredero de autores como Henry James o Edith Wharton.
  Natt90 | Jul 13, 2022 |
Sometimes Auchincloss uses tightly-linked short stories, or lengthy character studies, to construct a sort of novel. He successfully does that here.

The first, and one of the best, stories takes place when Oscar is at a tony prep school and slowly learns that his idealized favorite teacher isn’t precisely what he seems to be.

The stories are told in chronological order, and strictly from Oscar’s point of view. Over and over he realizes that what he thinks about a person doesn’t include the deeper parts of the character’s psyche. He’s often surprised, and not in a particularly good way. In one story, however, Oscar sees what others have missed or deliberately ignored. He helps this man to change his life, and derives quiet satisfaction from doing so.

One note: people often criticize this author for focusing on a rather narrow milieu of the northeastern upper-crust society. But authors are continually told to “write what they know.” And this is what Auchincloss knows: it’s precisely where he was born, grew up, and lived his entire life. He casts a very clear eye at the stupidity, the bigotry, and the privilege of this world. If he attempted to write about a different milieu, no doubt he would be pilloried for his lack of knowledge and understanding. He’s an expert at dissecting the world of the moderately rich—and he does it with beautiful, restrained writing that is truly elegant.

This isn’t an author , style, or subject for everyone, so YMMV. But if you love Edith Wharton, you’ll feel very much at home in Auchincloss’s books. ( )
1 vota Matke | Sep 24, 2021 |
Memorias ficticias: la alta sociedad de nueva york, los grandes despachos de abogados, el mundo del dinero, y las flaquezas de quienes pueblan estosn ambientes. ( )
  pedrolopez | Apr 28, 2013 |
Nacido en una minoría privilegiada, en los albores del siglo XX, la vida de Oscar Fairfax se desarrolla plácidamente, primero en St. Augustine -un prestigioso internado- y después en la Universidad de Yale, París, Washington y finalmente Nueva York, donde terminará ejerciendo como abogado en el despacho de su padre.
Oscar se relaciona con algunos de los personajes más importantes de su tiempo como el presidente de los EE.UU. o uno de los jueces del Tribunal Supremo; pero en su vida no hay grandes cataclismos, tan sólo pequeñas crisis: el amigo que le traiciona, el protegido que rechaza los valores de su mentor... Oscar termina comprendiendo que la educación es labor de toda una vida y que los valores tradicionales en los que ha sido educado tienen un difícil encaje en el mundo moderno ( )
  juan1961 | Apr 23, 2012 |
Nacido en una minoría privilegiada, en los albores del siglo XX, la vida de Oscar Fairfax se desarrolla plácidamente, primero en St. Augustine -un prestigioso internado- y después en la Universidad de Yale, París, Washington y finalmente Nueva York, donde terminará ejerciendo como abogado en el despacho de su padre. Oscar se relaciona con algunos de los personajes más importantes de su tiempo como el presidente de los EE.UU. o uno de los jueces del Tribunal Supremo; pero en su vida no hay grandes cataclismos, tan sólo pequeñas crisis: el amigo que le traiciona, el protegido que rechaza los valores de su mentor... Oscar termina comprendiendo que la educación es labor de toda una vida y que los valores tradicionales en los que ha sido educado tienen un difícil encaje en el mundo moderno. En esta amena novela, escrita como unas memorias ficticias, Auchincloss vuelve sobre sus temas favoritos: la alta sociedad de Nueva York, los grandes despachos de abogados, el mundo del dinero y las flaquezas de quienes pueblan estos ambientes.
  kika66 | Feb 9, 2012 |
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El retrato que hizo Sargent de mi padre, pintado cuando yo tenía diez años, en 1995, que cuelga todavía en el vestíbulo principal de la Colonial Art Gallery, de cuyo consejo él fue miembro muchos años, podría considerarse la imagen ideal del aristócrata americano de su época.
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In this wise and masterly novel, Louis Auchincloss gives us a man who takes the measure of himself - and his times - with the art and insight of a new Henry Adams. Linking three generations of a Wall Street law firm, The Education of Oscar Fairfax provides a revealing portrait of the American upper classes throughout our century. The story opens in 1908, as St. Luke's Cathedral rises stone by stone on lower Broadway and young Oscar learns a lesson in compromise at the knee of its bishop, his grandfather. His schooling continues at St. Augustine's, where he sees a schoolmaster's high ideals exposed as fantasy, and at Yale, where Oscar's literary ambitions are tempered by a brilliant but ruthless classmate who proves that "the juiciest tidbit for many a writer is the hand that fed him." As an adult, Oscar is one who profoundly affects others, whether he is subtly influencing a Supreme Court justice during the New Deal era, acting as mentor to a talented local boy in a Maine resort town,

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