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Lädt ... A Slight Trick of the Mind (2014)von Mitch Cullin
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Corre el año 1947 y Holmes, de 93 años y ya retirado, vive en una lejana granja en Sussex, donde sus recuerdos e intelecto comienzan a ir a la deriva. Vive con un ama de llaves y su joven hijo, Roger, cuyo comportamiento paciente y respetuoso despierta el afecto paternal de Holmes. La rutinaria vida de Holmes se limita al cuidado de su colmena, a la escritura de su diario y a la lidia con la disminución de la capacidad de su afilada mente, hasta que Roger se tropieza con un caso desconocido hasta el momento. Se trata de la señorita Keller, el antiguo objeto del profundo amor de Holmes. Holmes es famoso por su capacidad de deducción. Su mundo se compone de evidencias puras y hechos incontestables, de observaciones y conclusiones sin mancillar por sentimientos personales. Yes, this is a book about Sherlock Holmes, but it is not a mystery novel; it is a melancholy meditation on age, death, loneliness, and love. How sad it is to watch a great mind such as Holmes's fading. His few friends are gone; after two devastating world wars, his world itself is gone; and yet he survives. He studies, writes, keeps his bees, and even makes the occasional human connection. The book is beautifully written, displaying a deep love for the character and the stories. The portrait of the 93-year-old Holmes is interwoven with his own recounting of a case from many years earlier, one that brought little to solve except for the mysteries of the human mind and heart. His journey to postwar Japan is not as well-integrated with the rest of the novel as it might have been, but it does show us a Holmes who, at last, has begun to understand the psychology of love and loss, as well as why the truth is not always what is most important. I see that some reviewers are disappointed, perhaps having expected more detection. However, those of us who love Sherlock—especially if we ourselves have been dealing with the decline of body, senses, and mind that comes with age—can find in this novel, despite its sadness, some understanding of Holmes and ourselves. It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends to his bees, writes in his journal, and grapples with the diminishing powers of his mind. That is the premise that this book is based on. In reality it could be any old man and indeed it may have been better if it was because using the name Sherlock Holmes leads to a certain expectation No? Well written but disappointing. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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This beautiful literary novel imagines Sherlock Holmes at age ninety-three. His phenomenal mental acuity diminishing and the emotional life he had always resisted pushing its way to the surface, the world's greatest detective is forced to confront the most baffling mystery of his career, that of the meaning and significance of his own inner life. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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