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Lädt ... A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Original 1989; 1989. Auflage)von Julian Barnes
Werk-InformationenEine Geschichte der Welt in 10 1/2 Kapiteln von Julian Barnes (1989)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Entertaining and thought-provoking short-story collection themed around alternative retellings of historical events; recommended. ( ) This book was a dissapointment after reading "Flaubert's Parrot". The concept behind the structure of the book is very interesting and daring. Unfortunately, the result is in my opinion very uneven in quality. Quite often I had to force myself to read on. The first story ("The Stowaway") was hilarious (if irreverent) and I enjoyed "Shipwreck","Project Arrarat" and, in particular, Barnes' meditation on love ("Parenthesis"). Writing a complete history of the world is a mere 10 and a half chapters would be a pretty difficult thing to do, and in essence, Barnes doesn't really even try to do this in this book. it really is nothing more than a catchy title. But the novel is an interesting examination of the role love and religion have played in shaping the world as we know it, using Noah's Ark as it's central theme. And I must say, I was thoroughly amused at how often, and how well Barnes repeatedly weaved the character of the wood worm into the narration. Ambitious novel without a typical novel structure, the longform essay as novel. Continued themes of truth, love and what history does to them. Ennui of Barnes’s previous books now actively shipwrecked. Barnes links historical oddities from Noah's Ark to the astronaut's Arafat Project identifying the oddities of human perception. Graham Greene better at 'the human factor' and there is a little too much author, not enough work, in places. Strong JB theme of the fabulist nature of historical accounts.
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In 10 miteinander verbundenen Romankapiteln stellt der Verfasser voller Witz die Geschichte unserer Welt dar. Das verbleibende 1/2 Kapitel hat er der Liebe gewidmet. --- SW: - Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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