Stephen Benatar nació en 1937 en Londres. Estudió en el King's College de esa ciudad y se graduó en Magisterio en el Sittingbourne College.
Ha vivido en el sur de California, ha sido profesor de inglés en Francia, vendedor de paraguas y portero de hotel. No publicó su primer libro, The Man on the Bridge, hasta que cumplió los cuarenta y cuatro años. Su segunda novela, La vida soñada de Rachel Waring, vagamente inspirada en la película de Joseph L. Mankiewicz El fantasma y la señora Muir, quedó finalista del James Tait Memorial Prize y está considerada su obra más lograda, aunque en su primera edición, aparecida en el prestigioso sello The Bodley Head, vendió pocos ejemplares. En 2007 intentó que fuera reeditada, pero el proyecto fue rechazado por 36 editoriales, a pesar del elogioso prólogo de John Carey, en el que aseguraba que se trataba de una de las más importantes novelas de la narrativa británica de la última parte del XX. Stephen Benatar decidió autopublicarse la novela, hasta que un día, por casualidad, tras una presentación de un libro se topó con un hombre al que le pidió que leyese la obra. Se trataba de Edwin Franks, editor de The New York Review of Books. Franks declararía que se leyó la novela de un tirón y que se quedó en estado de shock. Tras esta edición, La vida soñada de Rachel Waring pasó a ser un clásico de culto. Stephen Benatar tiene cuatro hijos y actualmente vive en West Hampstead, Londres, con su compañero, el diseñador gráfico John F. Murphy.
17 Електронні книги від Stephen Benatar
Stephen Benatar: Father of the Man
The story of a father and sonand is it true, as Wordsworth claimed, that ‘;the child is father of the man’ or can one’s character actually change as one grows older? …
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Stephen Benatar: Recovery and The Return of Ethan Hart
Both novellas completely separate but about putting right the mess two men have made out of their lives. …
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€7.71
Stephen Benatar: Letters for a Spy
A young German spy is sent to investigate the authenticity of something which mayor may notbe a stratagem perpetrated by the British. …
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€7.69
Stephen Benatar: New World in the Morning
A man who married young, and so never had the chance to sow his wild oats, suddenly breaks out when in his mid-thirtiesand becomes convinced he has stumbled on the secret of happiness. …
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Stephen Benatar: When I Was Otherwise
Two women looking back over fifty years: one full of regret, the other not admitting to mistakes and continuing to be fiercely positive. Which approach, in the end, is likely to prove more satisfying …
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€7.70
Stephen Benatar: Man on the Bridge
A love story between menwithout being, basically, a novel about gay issues; more about appreciating what you have while youhave it, and ultimately learning what matters to you in life. …
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Stephen Benatar: Such Men Are Dangerous
A vicar is disbelieving when two teenagers in his parish claim to have been given a message by the archangel Gabriel, but gradually changes his mind and decides he must do something about it. …
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€7.70
Stephen Benatar: Recovery and The Return of Ethan Hart
Both novellas completely separate but about putting right the mess two men have made out of their lives. …
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€7.61
Stephen Benatar: Letters for a Spy
A young German spy is sent to investigate the authenticity of something which mayor may notbe a stratagem perpetrated by the British. …
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€7.69
Stephen Benatar: Father of the Man
The story of a father and sonand is it true, as Wordsworth claimed, that ‘;the child is father of the man’ or can one’s character actually change as one grows older? …
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€7.67
Stephen Benatar: New World in the Morning
A man who married young, and so never had the chance to sow his wild oats, suddenly breaks out when in his mid-thirtiesand becomes convinced he has stumbled on the secret of happiness. …
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€7.71
Stephen Benatar: When I Was Otherwise
Two women looking back over fifty years: one full of regret, the other not admitting to mistakes and continuing to be fiercely positive. Which approach, in the end, is likely to prove more satisfying …
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Англійська
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€7.64
Stephen Benatar: Man on the Bridge
A love story between menwithout being, basically, a novel about gay issues; more about appreciating what you have while youhave it, and ultimately learning what matters to you in life. …
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€7.71
Stephen Benatar: Such Men Are Dangerous
A vicar is disbelieving when two teenagers in his parish claim to have been given a message by the archangel Gabriel, but gradually changes his mind and decides he must do something about it. …
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€7.71
Stephen Benatar: On Chasing Brad Through Purgatory
Two men are involved in a car crash: Brad dies, and Dannywho can’t stand the thought of living without himkills himself, convinced that with so little time having elapsed between their deaths, he’ll …
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€9.00
Stephen Benatar: La vida soñada de Rachel Waring
Rachel Waring es una mujer feliz. Quizá demasiado. Una tía lejana le ha dejado en herencia una mansión georgiana en Bristol, y de la noche a la mañana decide romper con todo. Así que, sin pensárselo …
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€13.99