Telling how Rasselas and his companions escape from the bland pleasures of their perfectly happy valley in Abissinia to Egypt, to study how people live, the book is a parable and a pilgrimage in which all manner of subjects are discussed - flying machines, poetry, marriage, madness. Rasselas embodies Dr Johnson's most powerful and heart-warming qualities: his tragic sense of life, his justice, his wisdom which is never boring or solemn, and his miraculous ability to balance humour with sympathy in weighing up some of life's more mysterious problems - what is happiness, and how can we find it?
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Lisa Jewell nació en Londres en 1968. La fiesta de Ralph fue su primer libro y todo un éxito de ventas. Desde entonces, ha escrito dieciocho novelas más. Su nombre aparece de forma recurrente en las listas de los más vendidos del The New York Times y del The Sunday Times y es autora del best seller Dentro de casa y la secuela Aún siguen aquí, ambos publicados en Crossbooks. Actualmente, vive en Londres, con su marido, dos hijas adolescentes y el mejor perro del mundo.