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Funny Girl (Em Portugues do Brasil) - Nick Hornby
Funny Girl (Em Portugues do Brasil)
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Os anos 1960 estao fervilhando e toda a Inglaterra esta impressionada com o sucesso improvavel de Sophie Straw, a nova estrela das comedias que saiu de Blackpool, uma pequena cidade no norte do pais, adora Lucille Ball e sempre teve o sonho de fazer as pessoas darem risada.Nos bastidores, o... show more
Os anos 1960 estao fervilhando e toda a Inglaterra esta impressionada com o sucesso improvavel de Sophie Straw, a nova estrela das comedias que saiu de Blackpool, uma pequena cidade no norte do pais, adora Lucille Ball e sempre teve o sonho de fazer as pessoas darem risada.Nos bastidores, o elenco e a equipe estao vivendo o melhor momento de suas vidas. Porem, quando o roteiro do programa televisivo Barbara (e Jim), estrelado por Sophie, comeca a ficar familiar demais, e a vida comeca a imitar a arte, todos terao de fazer escolhas.Os roteiristas, Tony e Bill, obcecados por comedia, escondem um segredo. O intelectual Dennis, diretor do programa e oriundo das universidades de elite, adora o trabalho na televisao, mas detesta seu casamento. Clive, o ator gala, acha que poderia conseguir coisa melhor. E Sophie Straw, que adotou este novo nome e abandonou sua vida anterior, precisa decidir se continua com eles ou muda de canal.Com seu ritmo fluente e trama engenhosa, em Funny Girl Nick Hornby fala de cultura popular, juventude e velhice, fama, diferencas de classe e trabalho em equipe. Ele constroi um retrato fascinante da exuberancia da juventude e do processo criativo, em uma epoca especial em que ambos, de repente, puderam florescer. Um livro apaixonante para os fas de Hornby e para todos os outros leitores.O tributo de Nick Hornby a era de ouro do entretenimento leve.- The GuardianCapta maravilhosamente a emocao do sucesso na juventude e do processo de descobrir o proprio talento.- Daily Telegraph
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9788535925562 (8535925562)
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Edition language: Portuguese
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Burfobookalicious
Burfobookalicious rated it
4.0 Very British novel
This was a random choice on my part, with which to fill the waiting times that accompany jury service. But, if I say so myself, an excellent choice, brimming with likable, if somewhat flawed characters, set in a wonderfully familiar 1960s onwards. Not since 'Fever Pitch' and the well thumbed pages d...
Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it
0.0 Review Catch Up: The Rosie Project (Simsion); Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Semple); The Rosie Effect (Simsion); Funny Girl (Hornby)
I'm hitting another block when trying to talk about the last few books I've read, because here's another batch of very overdue takes on some good books (and one not). --- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion This was charming, witty, and had plenty of heart -- even without the romance, which just ...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
5.0 Funny Girl: A Novel - Nick Hornby
AS a teen I was more likely to prefer Valley of the Dolls for an inside look at modern adult career woman's life. Now it seems melodramatic. This seems rather more spot on. Charming and warm, but funny, and not coy.Library copy
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it
5.0 "Funny Girl" by Nick Hornby - a gentle, compassionate look at British TV comedy in the 60's and 70's
Reading "Funny Girl" was like meeting an old friend and being reminded all over again why you liked them so much in the first place. With wit, optimism and gentle compassion, Nick Hornby summons up the zeitgeist of Britain in the 1960s and 70s through the medium of TV comedy on the BBC. Like Hornb...
konstantinapapazoglou
konstantinapapazoglou rated it
4.5
Read full review at: http://thereadingarmchair.blogspot.gr/2015/08/review-funny-girl-by-nick-hornby.htmlFirst of all, I loved the setting of this novel. The '60s for the British comedy fit perfectly the plot. Sophie Straw wanted only one thing: to make people laugh. But she was in a decade when they...
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