"One of the most significant novels of his time," according to Jocelyn Brooke, Men sunset, Anthony Powell regarded by Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century is the first novel by the author of the amazing saga a dance to the music of time, his masterpiece.
Set in England in the 30s, Men sunset portrays the evolution of a group of young artists dissatisfied with their lot in life. These afternoon men, a British euphemism for "drunk" is the lovesick Atwater, whose imprecise work in an archeology museum has thoughtfully. His good friend Pringle, melancholic and mediocre painter abandoned by his wife, and son of a suicidal father. Lola, the awkward girl reading Bertrand Russell to feel useful. Susan maverick, which falls in love Atwater. Harriet beautiful, merciless and playful, well known to all, though ineffable. Barlow, the renowned avant-garde painter who does not know whom to marry because it has too many options. Fotheringham, indulgent editor of a magazine spiritualist who want a life full of adventure, and does nothing. Brisket, the misunderstood pianist; Scheigan, the editor who just want to party and drink like hell. From these characters, Anthony Powell produces, with its unmistakable classic style, an extremely vital novel that converses with countless aspects of contemporary human behavior.
Originally published in 1931 by Gerald Duckworth, half brother of Virginia Woolf, and republished in English until now, Men sunset, this first translation into Spanish, is a true publishing event.