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Sto caricando le informazioni... Vita dura (1961)di Flann O'Brien
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Feels like a shaggy dog story with a punchline that we're not privy to. It has funny moments and O'Brien is a good writer but I felt like I was missing a whole lot. ( ) A la casa del señor Collopy llegan dos niños huérfanos. Mientras el señor Collopy se dedica a una misteriosa y humanitaria labor en favor de las mujeres, los chicos crecen entre los aromas del buen whiskey y de la mala cocina. Manus, el hermano, pronto demuestra ser un maestro en los negocios. De enseñar por correspondencia cómo caminar sobre la cuerda floja en el Dublín eduardiano, pasa a instruir a la población y al mundo de forma más ambiciosa en su «Academia Universal Londres». Finbarr, el menor, observa y espera. Una ligera enfermedad hace que el señor Collopy tome un medicamento preparado por Manus, pero sus efectos resultan ser inesperadamente gravosos. En compañía de un amigo, el señor Collopy emprende un viaje a Roma en busca de alivio. Las secuelas, sin embargo, echan por tierra sus aspiraciones... The most "normal" of his books, and not witty enough. Go for The third policeman instead, Poor mouth and At swim-two-birds. They are all much more fantastic, masterpieces all and about the best there is. This is not, it started promising but soon faded out. I find I must reread The third policeman, maybe the funniest book ever written. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Subtitled "An Exegesis of Squalor," The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalor--illness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sex--but also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard Life is straight-faced entertainment that conceals in laughter its own devious and wicked satire by one of the best known Irish writers of the 20th century. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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