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Philip Hensher

Autor von The Northern Clemency

27+ Werke 2,448 Mitglieder 75 Rezensionen Lieblingsautor von 1 Lesern

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Werke von Philip Hensher

The Northern Clemency (2008) 803 Exemplare
The Mulberry Empire (2002) 345 Exemplare
King of the Badgers (2011) 217 Exemplare
Scenes from Early Life (2012) 106 Exemplare
The Emperor Waltz (2014) 94 Exemplare
Kitchen Venom (1996) 55 Exemplare
The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story (2018) — Herausgeber — 54 Exemplare
The Friendly Ones (2018) 46 Exemplare
Pleasured (1998) 42 Exemplare
The Fit (2004) 41 Exemplare
A Small Revolution in Germany (2020) 39 Exemplare
Other Lulus (1994) 25 Exemplare
Berlin stories (2019) 22 Exemplare
BP Portrait Award 2005 (2005) 16 Exemplare
Tales of Persuasion (2016) 15 Exemplare
To Battersea Park (2023) 12 Exemplare
Molesworth 2 Exemplare
Dead Languages 1 Exemplar
My dog Ian (2005) 1 Exemplar

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Das Engelstor. (1990) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben866 Exemplare
The Corner That Held Them (1948) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben580 Exemplare
The Soul of Kindness (1964) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben389 Exemplare
Granta 81: Best of Young British Novelists 2003 (2003) — Mitwirkender — 273 Exemplare
Granta 65: London (1999) — Mitwirkender — 222 Exemplare
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998) — Mitwirkender — 192 Exemplare
Granta 76: Music (2001) — Mitwirkender — 155 Exemplare
Granta 56: What Happened to Us? (1996) — Mitwirkender — 125 Exemplare
The Stately Homo: A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp (2000) — Mitwirkender — 58 Exemplare
Why Willows Weep: Contemporary Tales from the Woods (2011) — Mitwirkender — 22 Exemplare

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Four novellas, three autofiction. Set across the years of the pandemic. The first and last tell the story of the 'writer' and his husband both of whom have covid in the early months. The second about his parents. The first part was my favourite in how it showed for many, being so restricted in what they could do, became more observant of what they could see in the world, and how sometimes their imaginations ran away with themselves.

The title of the book referring to the fact that the narrator could only walk to Battersea Park, but could never enter it, as it took half an hour to get home, and the State said one was only permitted to be out for an hour.

The third part was perhaps a kind of covid nightmare.
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Caroline_McElwee | Jun 11, 2023 |
This is not my usual style of novel....despite it being my beloved historical fiction. I picked it up at a used book store, sat down and fell in love in the first chapter. After that things get sketchy. I was bored for much of the first third of the book...not so much with the author's style, which is beautiful and poignant and gritty, but with the procession of a number of skimming-the-surface characters. As we go back and forth and get to know each better I did find my heroes and the book held my interest more fully. All of the seemingly surface characters didn't feel overwhelming to me as other readers have mentioned. I enjoyed the peeks into the misconceptions of our main characters. The pervading emotion through all of the book though is one of a poignant looking-back, which took me out of the time and place, placing me here as a reader rather than inside the world. It's a horrible, human and inhumane story encompassing war in it's regular sense and war of the classes and cultures, all historical or perfectly plausible as such. Beautiful writing....I will certainly be seeking out more by this author.… (mehr)
 
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Martialia | 7 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 28, 2022 |
A chunky family saga set in Sheffield starting in the 70s and ending 20 years later. A definite start but a meandering dribble of an end. Interesting enough as it went along. The parents and children of two neighbouring families have each of their lives periodically investigated and laid out. Middle class life in a northern English city in the 70s and 80s. There's not much more to say about it.
 
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Steve38 | 31 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 11, 2022 |
This is an intricate tale of two neighbours and their families in Sheffield. One, Hilary Spinster, a recently retired GP; the other Sharif and Nazi Sharifullah originally from Bangladesh who move next door after a decade in Sheffield. The two families are quite unalike, but Hensher draws us into their gradually closer relationships and appreciation of each other’s traditions. Each of the Spinster clan seems content to leas their own lives without interacting with other family members, whereas the Sharifullahs are forever interested and involved with each other. Hensher vividly sketches the life that the Sharifullahs enjoyed in Bangladesh and the violent events during the war for independence from Pakistan and its aftermath that caused them to leave and their difficult start in Sheffield. The intriguing and entertaining story is bookended by two parties; the first for the Sharifullahs housewarming that lead s to the meeting of the neighbours and which has a profound effect on them over the next 25 years; the second is for Hilary’s 100 years birthday and which promises further great changes for his family.… (mehr)
 
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camharlow2 | 1 weitere Rezension | Aug 24, 2021 |

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