Ajan suunta
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9511122746
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Otava
Pages no: 169
Edition language: Finnish
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
World War II,
Holocaust
Quand les gens bougent, quand ils se déplacent, ils regardent d'où ils viennent, pas où ils vont. Les êtres humains font vraiment toujours comme ça?Je n'éprouve presque plus l'effet de vertige habituel quand j'essaie de voir des choses qu'il ne regarde pas ou quand j'essaie de regarder des choses qu...
Time is heading on toward something. It pours past unpreventably, like the reflection on a windshield as the car speeds through city or forest.Η τεχνική του Martin Amis δεν είναι εντελώς νέα· η αφήγηση από το παρόν προς το παρελθόν χρησιμοποιείται σε αρκετά κινηματογραφικά και λογοτεχνικά έργα, εντο...
True irony is so difficult to achieve, but it's developed to beautiful effect here by Martin Amis. With the reversal of time, every act of destruction becomes an act of creation. Every wound becomes a healing. And the opposite is also true, of course. He spends time walking backwards through the...
A short book that is one long gimmick: clever as a writing exercise, but not worth publishing or reading. Once the novelty of a backwards story has worn off, there is little point to it and I lost interest (though I did finish it). And it's not even that novel: Kurt Vonnegut had the same idea as a b...
This book starts out with the main character dying. The big twist is that he then lives his life backwards. Since it is the same life, he doesn't get to make any decisions, but instead observe his own life. What an interesting story! How would we judge our own lives if we lived them in reverse?
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