Poczucie kresu - Julian Barnes, Jan Kabat • BookLikes (ISBN:9788377999233)

Poczucie kresu

by: Julian Barnes (author) Jan Kabat (translator)

Książka nagrodzona Bookerem 2011! Anthony Webster, sześćdziesięciolatek, przyjaźnił się w młodości z niezwykle inteligentnym Adrianem. Poróżniła ich kobieta. Po latach Anthony otrzymuje nieoczekiwany spadek, odkrywając sekret, który na zawsze zmąci mu dobre samopoczucie…Jeden z najwybitniejszych współczesnych brytyjskich pisarzy jak nikt potrafi zestawiać intrygującą fabułę, fakty, fikcję i refleksje dotyczące kwestii najważniejszych. Tym razem, opowiadając o pewnej tajemnicy, snuje rozważania o ..istocie przyjaźni, miłości, wyrzutach sumienia i sensie samobójstwa.

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Format: ebook

ISBN: 9788377999233

Publish date: 2012

Publisher: Świat Książki

Pages no: 176

Edition language: Polski

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L'Histoire, ce ne sont pas les mensonges des vainqueurs, comme je l'ai trop facilement affirmé au vieux Joe Hunt autrefois ; je le sais maintenant. Ce sont plutôt les souvenirs des survivants, dont la plupart ne sont ni victorieux, ni vaincus.Mais je dirais ça comme ça : elle ne voit que ce qui a ch...

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This is a meditation on how the "truth" of the events of personal history are distorted by time and the mindset of the observer. We asign reasons and motives that come from our own way of looking at people and our assessment of them. This is a clouded and even distorting lens that may lead us to bel...

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Something is lacking. The prose is technically pristine, but bloodless. I have no strong emotions towards the characters and their conditions. There is no feeling or mood that lingers in me after I close the book. I can find things to admire, but not many to like, even though I did want to like it.

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I've owned this book almost a year in October. It is a short book and I have no idea why I hadn't picked it up earlier. However, yesterday I was looking through my Audible library to find a short listen, under 6 hours, and noticed The Sense of an Ending and decided to give it a go. I'm happy I did. ...

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http://universe.booklikes.com Annie is reading ~ 4.0 August reads: The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes

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How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselv...

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