The Stranger's Child
The Stranger's Child is the fifth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, first published in June 2011. The book tells the story of a minor poet, Cecil Valance, who is killed in the First World War. In 1913, he visits a Cambridge friend, George Sawle, at the latter's home in Stanmore, Middlesex. While there Valance writes a poem entitled "Two Acres", about the Sawles' house and addressed, ambiguously, either to George himself or to George's younger sister, Daphne. The poem goes on to become famous and the novel follows the changing reputation of Valance and his poetry in the following decades.
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1916 in literature2011 Man Booker Prize2011 in literature24th Lambda Literary AwardsAlan HollinghurstBritish Book AwardsJames Daniel WilsonLambda Literary Award for Gay FictionList of fictional baronetsList of fictional nobilityList of years in literatureMick ImlahNational Book Critics Circle AwardPrix du Meilleur Livre ÉtrangerRupert BrookeThe Sparsholt AffairWalter Scott Prize
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The Stranger's Child is the fifth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, first published in June 2011. The book tells the story of a minor poet, Cecil Valance, who is killed in the First World War. In 1913, he visits a Cambridge friend, George Sawle, at the latter's home in Stanmore, Middlesex. While there Valance writes a poem entitled "Two Acres", about the Sawles' house and addressed, ambiguously, either to George himself or to George's younger sister, Daphne. The poem goes on to become famous and the novel follows the changing reputation of Valance and his poetry in the following decades.
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