![]() ![]() Forster’s Maurice one more time, as much as I love it, here’s Alec, William di Canzio’s brilliant reimagining of Forster’s classic. Reading this sublime novel made me think of David Leavitt’s While England Sleeps and also, near the end, of Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham who wrote about Alec: “Just when it began to seem that I couldn’t read E. The story deals with class, war, shellshock, found family, but above all: fierce love. This is a story of how strong and deep love can be and all the hardships it can overcome.ĭi Canzio’s writing style breathes that of the period where the story is set in, early twentieth century. What follows is, In my opinion, one of the greatest love stories in literature. ![]() And he tells the story of what happens after the ending of Forster’s book. Where Forster’s novel is written from the viewpoint of Maurice, Di Canzio’s is from of Alec’s point of view. Forster’s novel Maurice, written in 1913 but only published in 1971, the year after his death. Di Canzio’s novel, published in 2021, is the story of Alec and Maurice, the lovers of E.M. ![]()
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