Our Evenings
| Author | Alan Hollinghurst |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Gay literature |
| Published | 2024 (Picador Books) |
| Publication place | UK |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 496 pp |
| ISBN | 9781447208235 |
Our Evenings is a 2024 novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
Reception
[edit]A review in The Guardian called it "the finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our time."[1]
A review in the Financial Times by Simon Schama wrote "I’m not sure any living writer is quite as good as taking you there so immersively that you take in the feel of things, along with the play of all the other senses", however "In the end Our Evenings is a page turner but in a dutiful rather than a compulsive way. A succession of memorial services close the arc of the story but whomever the eulogies are for, when you close the book, you’re not going to miss them that much."[2] A review in the New Statesman wrote "Hollinghurst's main character, Dave Win, is one of those you panic over in the final pages knowing you don't have much time left together."[3]
A review in the Sunday Times wrote "at the sentence level, Hollinghurst remains an English stylist without obvious living equal."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Harris, Alexandra (25 September 2024). "Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – his finest novel yet". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Schama, Simon (3 October 2024). "Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst — a gay coming-of-age novel". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/10/alan-hollinghurst-our-evenings-review-intimate-vision
- ^ Maier, John (4 October 2024). "Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review — the best living English novelist?". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.