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Lädt ... Ein Sohn Englands. Roman (1935)von Graham Greene
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. > Tous les ingrédients étaient là : des personnages contrastés et captivants, une situation qui va crescendo vers le dramatique, une écriture riche et variée… Et pourtant, le mélange a eu du mal à prendre. Faute aux personnages auxquels on aimerait s'attacher encore plus mais qui restent insaisissables. J'ai eu l'impression de ne pas plonger assez profond pour repêcher ces naufragés. Et pourtant… —Danieljean (Babelio) > Lecture / Ecriture : https://www.lecture-ecriture.com/7933-Les-naufrag%C3%A9s-Graham-Greene No, no, no, no, no. Just when I thought Greene had begun to find his stride as a writer and that The Heart of the Matter really was his worst book, England Made Me proves me wrong. There are some great passages - all mostly within the first 30 pages - and then it is downhill from there....plot-wise. Because the story became so boring that I still have problems recollecting what actually happened. And I only just finished the book. On the positives: Whatever happened between 1934 and 1935, Greene has now realised that female characters are also three-dimensional individuals, and that portraying women in novels as cliched side-kicks is best left to the Ian Flemings* of this world. "It was true, she always knew; she was his elder by half an hour; she had, she sometimes thought with a sense of shame, by so little outstripped him in the pursuit of the more masculine virtues, reliability, efficiency, and left him with what would have served most women better, his charm." (* I am aware of the anachronism - but can't help myself comparing Greene and Fleming from time to time.) Review first posted on Booklikes - http://brokentune.booklikes.com/post/981488/england-made-me
"wonderfully readable" "Greene arouses responses of curiosity and attention comparable to those set up by Malraux, Faulkner and Hemingway" Too often the author of "England Made Me" seems to be shadow-boxing, not delivering the full punch. But the story is skillfully fabricated, and the suspense so well maintained that any one who starts it is certain to go to the end. Bemerkenswerte Listen
Anthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin sister Kate persuades him to move and sets him up with a job as bodyguard to Krogh, her lover and boss, an all-powerful Swedish financier. But Farrant does have a sense of decency, and when Krogh gives orders that offend him, he leaks information to Minty, a down-trodden journalist, with drastic results. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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This was a decently crafted novel, where even when you get to where you know how the story has to end, you do find yourself hoping that Anthony will make it to Coventry anyway, to meet up with his nice girlfriend and have a good, safe, long life with her or even just drifting as he has been. The style is a bit different and reminded me of 'beat' style poetry/prose, with wandering perspectives, clever ambiguity, and the sort of dialogue that picks out just certain lines, so that the scenes only slowly resolve as the story progresses. It made for a more challenging read at times, but not in a bad way.
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