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Sto caricando le informazioni... This Must Be the Place (2017)di Maggie O'Farrell
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This feels like the most substantial of her books I've read so far. Reminded me a little of Michael Cunningham's early books. Not ( ) This book is beautifully written. It's lyrical and poetic, and flipping to a new page is like sinking into a literary cloud. O'Farrell is an incredible writer, with an enviable mastery of language. And yet despite the stellar writing, I found the book incredibly slow, and very dull. I was enthralled by Daniel and Claudette's story--their relationship is utterly fascinating--but the plot meanders, offering little slice of life vignettes from the point of view of everyone from Claudette's brother to Claudette's ex husband's assistant. And with every introduction of a new viewpoint character -- some of whom never show up again -- I lost a little more interest in the story, until I found it incredibly difficult to pick the book back up again after setting it down. I struggled to finish, and the last couple of hundred pages were painful to wade through. Convoluted and tedious, this is one book I wish I'd never picked up. Daniel Sullivan y Claudette Wells son una pareja atípica: él es de Nueva York y tiene dos hijos en California pero vive en la campiña irlandesa; ella es una estrella de cine que, en un momento dado, decidió cambiar los rodajes por la vida en el campo, la fama por el anonimato. Ambos son razonablemente felices. Sin embargo, esta idílica vida, trabajosamente construida entre los dos, se tambaleará cuando Daniel conozca una inesperada noticia sobre una mujer con la que había perdido el contacto veinte años atrás. Este hallazgo desencadenará una serie de acontecimientos que pondrán a prueba la fortaleza de su matrimonio. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Daniel Sullivan, a young American professor reeling from a failed marriage and a brutal custody battle, is on holiday in Ireland when he falls in love with Claudette, a world famous sexual icon and actress who fled fame for a reclusive life in a rural village. Together, they make an idyllic life in the country, raising two more children in blissful seclusion until a secret from Daniel's past threatens to destroy their meticulously constructed and fiercely protected home. What follows is a journey through Daniel's many lives told in his voice and the voices of those who have made him the man he is: the American son and daughter he has not seen for many years; the family he has made with Claudette; and irrepressible, irreverent Claudette herself. Shot through with humor and wisdom, This Must Be the Place is a powerful rumination on the nature of identity, and the complexities of loyalty and devotion a gripping story of an extraordinary family and an extraordinary love"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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