Tygrysy w porze czerwieni
Powieść porównywana z prozą Ernesta Hemingwaya i Francisa Scotta Fitzgeralda. Ameryka, lata 50. XX wieku. Nick i jej kuzynka, Helena, spędziły beztroskie dzieciństwo we wspaniałej rodzinnej posiadłości znanej jako Tiger House. Teraz wynajmują wspólnie dom w Bostonie i snują plany na przyszłość....
show more
Powieść porównywana z prozą Ernesta Hemingwaya i Francisa Scotta Fitzgeralda. Ameryka, lata 50. XX wieku. Nick i jej kuzynka, Helena, spędziły beztroskie dzieciństwo we wspaniałej rodzinnej posiadłości znanej jako Tiger House. Teraz wynajmują wspólnie dom w Bostonie i snują plany na przyszłość. Tuż po zakończeniu drugiej wojny światowej wszystko zdaje się być na wyciagnięcie ręki i obiecywać lepszy, szczęśliwy los
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788378392590
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Prószyński i S-ka
Pages no: 447
Edition language: Polski
Category:
Novels,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Crime,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/377535713
I`m not sure what I read. It`s more 2,5 stars, because it was ok and some parts I liked, but I couldn`t get a grip on the story. It`s like something is going on and nothing is happening at the same time. Not what I expected. The synopsis was SO promising, but the book didn`t live up to my expectatio...
This is a tricky one. None of the characters are particularly sympathetic, and there's no one to really root for--they are their own worst enemies. I certainly couldn't identify with any of them, and I hope not many people would!The device of having each chapter be from another character's perspecti...
I'm half way through this book and enjoying it. To me, it's similar in 'feel' to 'The Rules of Civility' by Amor Towles (which I loved). This book has had a lot of good reviews which attracted me to it.....and now I've finally finished it, I quite enjoyed it but the plot got a little too dramatic fo...
As I sit here pondering what type of review I should write, I feel like that is as big a mystery as the book. This book seemed to be disjointed with the story being told by the different characters in the book. Each chapter is labeled with the year, however, I was never able to get into the rythem ...