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Lädt ... England, England: Roman (Original 1998; 2001. Auflage)von Julian Barnes (Autor), Gertraude Krueger (Übersetzer)
Werk-InformationenEngland, England von Julian Barnes (1998)
  
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 Mit liebevoll zynischem Blick stellt Barnes in "England, England" einen ganzen Strauß von philosophischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Zeitphänomenen zusammen. Beispielsweise gehören die wenig familienverträglichen Reflexionen des angestellten Historikers Dr. Max über den Mythos des Freiheitskämpfers Robin Hood - über den jede und jeder Bescheid zu wissen glaubt - sicher zu den humorigen Glanzlichtern des Romans. Gelungen ist Barnes so eine komisch-absurde Satire auf die Ferienpark-Industrie und das allseits propagierte Primat der Ökonomie unter neoliberalen Vorzeichen.  Barnes uses his copious talents as a writer -- his lapidary prose, his eye for the askew detail, his ear for the circumlocutions of contemporary speech -- to turn the saga of England, England into an uproarious farce that mocks both our postmodernist suspicion of the authentic and our Disney-like willingness to turn that embrace of the ersatz into a money-making machine. He examines the arbitrary nature of history writing and the cyclical nature of history, and he satirizes the ideas that the English hold about themselves. A mischievous satire on the marketing of illusion and a trenchant analysis of a rootless woman’s interrupted pursuit of authenticity are joined in a highly original way in this consummately entertaining novel, the eighth by the dependably clever British author.
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HTML: What would happen if a tycoon decided to turn England into a theme park? Before anyone could say "Windsor Castle, " replicas of all of the kingdom's great landmarks from the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey to the National Gallery and everything in between all turn up in one place. And what if credit-worthy tourist could escape to this island that permits vast expense accounts and prohibits paparazzi? This hilarious notion is the premise of acclaimed novelist Julian Barnes's (Flaubert's Parrot) simultaneously funny and moving comic romp, England, England. The Sunday Times (London) raved: "There is no more intelligent writer on the literary scene, " and this witty, wistful, thoroughly wonderful book is ample proof. .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.26)
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Even though the book has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1998 I found it not as good as expected. It contains many brilliant ideas but not a real good story. It didn´t grip me. But some parts and characters are funny. (