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Lädt ... Abroad (Penguin Specials)von Penelope Lively
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Our narrator and her boyfriend Paul are young artists in the 1950s, fired up by their vocation. In search of authenticity, of 'arresting, evocative subject matter', they head resolutely off to 'Abroad', seeking 'landscapes peppered with peasants, doing what peasants do, wearing proper peasant clothes'. They shun the comforts of modern life, convincing themselves that they're sharing in the authentic lives of the people who serve as their unwitting novels. Happily slumming it, dismissing the tyranny of money (while sure of the lifeline from Daddy's bank account back in England), they shuttle around Europe believing that they're finding themselves, while simultaneously unable to look beyond their conviction of their own genius. Lively is brilliant in her subtle skewering of youthful pretension, making the point that her young artists both see and do not see. And, when an unfortunate accident lands them in the midst of the very peasant life they claim to admire, how will our two heroes cope with the realities of 'authenticity'? Great fun and, as the first thing by Lively that I've read, hopefully a good introduction. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A brilliantly funny original short story from Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively. 'Anyone artistic needed Abroad in the 1950s.' Paul and his girlfriend are artists in need of subject matter. Arresting, evocative subject matter. So they decide to go Abroad, as much as possible, for as long as possible. Because Abroad is full of well furnished scenery. Particularly peasants. Real, earthy, traditional peasants. Except you shouldn't really call them peasants should you? 'Country people'. Abroad is full of country people. In this funny, deftly written short story, Penelope Lively satirises an arty student of the 50s, a precursor of the gap year traveller, who hasn't learnt as much from her time Abroad as she likes to think . . . Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra's Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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