Cani neri
by:
Susanna Basso (author)
Ian McEwan (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788806135034 (8806135031)
Publish date: 1994
Publisher: Einaudi
Pages no: 185
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Drama,
Contemporary,
France
Vivre bien, ça sert à quoi si l'on est seul?
A classic McEwan in that this novel is not so much a story as a study.Jeremy, orphaned as a child and raised half-heartedly by his single mom sister, became very close to his inlaws. This novel is his trying to piece together and understand the reasons for their extended (decades long) separation. B...
The introduction to this book blew me away. It sometimes so happens that I start reading a book without really thinking about it. For the first 5, 10 pages, I don't take it "seriously", if you will. I think it's sort of a professional flaw, after reading so many books, I know from the very first one...
Ian McEvan gelingt ein furioser Start in den Roman. Die Geschichte handelt von einem Waisen, der bereits in der Jugend die Eltern seiner stark pubertierenden Freunde "übernimmt" und sich von diesen als neues Objekt der Fürsorge ordentlich bemuttern läßt. Vor dem Hintergrund historischer Ereignisse w...
Very disappointing, and yet not a dreadful book either (I've read five other McEwan's, all 4* or 5*).The narrator is preparing the memoirs of his dying mother-in-law and particularly wanting details of a terrifying encounter with black dogs more than 40 years ago that changed the direction of her li...
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