La educacion de Oscar Fairfax / The Education of Oscar Fairfax

Born to a privileged minority in the early 20th century, Oscar Fairfax s life develops smoothly, from the prestigious St. Augustine boarding school, to Yale University, Paris, Washington, and New York, where he works as a lawyer at his father s firm. But Oscar begins to realize that education is a life-long endeavor and that that traditional values he was raised with are not very compatible with the modern world. This novel showcases some of Auchincloss s favorite themes: New York high society, big law firms, the world of finance, and the weaknesses of those who inhabit those spaces."Nacido en una minoria privilegiada a comienzos del siglo XX, la vida de Oscar Fairfax se desarrolla placidamente, desde St. Augustine, un prestigioso internado, hasta la Universidad de Yale, Paris, Washington y Nueva York, donde terminara ejerciendo como abogado en el despacho de su padre. Pero Oscar termina comprendiendo que la educacion es labor de toda una vida y que los valores tradicionales en los que ha sido educado tienen un dificil encaje en el mundo moderno. Esta novela vuelve sobre los temas favoritos de Auchincloss: la alta sociedad de Nueva York, los grandes despachos de abogados, el mundo del dinero, y las flaquezas de quienes pueblan estos ambientes. ""

Louis Auchincloss was an American lawyer, a novelist, a historian, and an essayist. He is the author of dozens of novels, including ＂East Side Story,＂ ＂ The Education of Oscar Fairfax,＂ ＂ ＂and ＂Portrait in Brownston,＂ and the biographies of Edith Wharton, Henry James, and Theodore Roosevelt.＂