Moore, Brian

Moore, Brian
(25 ago. 1921, Belfast, Irlanda del Norte–10 ene. 1999, Malibu, Cal., EE.UU.).

Novelista canadiense de origen irlandés. Moore emigró a Canadá en 1948 y escribió para Montreal Gazette a partir de 1952. Se le conoce principalmente por su primera novela, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne [La solitaria pasión de Judith Hearne] (1955; película, 1987), que cuenta la historia de una solterona envejecida, cuyas pretensiones de refinamiento se diluyen gradualmente en el alcoholismo. Entre sus novelas posteriores se destacan The Luck of Ginger Coffey [La suerte de Ginger Coffey] (1960), The Emperor of Ice Cream [El emperador de helados] (1965), The Doctor's Wife [La esposa del doctor] (1976) y The Magician's Wife [La esposa del mago] (1998). Sus novelas eran muy distintas unas de otras en cuanto a expresión, escenario y peripecias, pero semejantes en la lucidez, elegancia y brío de su prosa.

Enciclopedia Universal. 2012.

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