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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Breakers (2008)di Claudie Gallay
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A la Hague, un poblado de la Normandía francesa donde el viento sopla con fuerza a lo largo de toda la costa, llega una mujer. Es ornitóloga y no conoce a nadie. Estudia el comportamiento de las aves migratorias, camina sobre la playa brumosa y desolada. Intenta dejar atrás un viejo amor. Un día descubre a Lambert. Es un hombre extraño, perseguido por una obsesión. Hace años, sus padres naufragaron en un confuso episodio, una noche de tormenta en que las luces del faro se apagaron sin aviso. Con ellos también iba su hermano. En la Hague todos afirman que ha muerto, pero Lambert está convencido de que aún vive. La Hague... Ici on dit que le vent est parfois tellement fort qu'il arrache les ailes des papillons. Sur ce bout du monde en pointe du Cotentin vit une poignée d'hommes. C'est sur cette terre âpre que la narratrice est venue se réfugier depuis l'automne. Employée par le Centre ornithologique, elle arpente les landes, observe les falaises et leurs oiseaux migrateurs. La première fois qu'elle voit Lambert, c'est un jour de grande tempête. Sur la plage dévastée, la vieille Nan, que tout le monde craint et dit à moitié folle, croit reconnaître en lui le visage d'un certain Michel. D'autres, au village, ont pour lui des regards étranges. Comme Lili, au comptoir de son bar, ou son père, l'ancien gardien de phare. Une photo disparaît, de vieux jouets réapparaissent. L'histoire de Lambert intrigue la narratrice et l'homme l'attire. En veut-il à la mer ou bien aux hommes ? Dans les lamentations obsédantes du vent, chacun semble avoir quelque chose à taire. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In the storm-swept landscapes of Normandy's coastline lies a village that might just be at the ends of the earth. A woman has recently arrived to seek healing for some deep sorrow, and spends her days cataloguing migratory birds. On the day of a battering storm a stranger appears in the bar, arousing her curiosity. He stirs up suspicion in the village, looking for answers to apparently unanswerable questions about his family lost long years ago in an accident at sea. What actually happened? How was it that the lighthouse did not guide them safely to shore? The eccentric inhabitants of this desolate village seem riveted to old hatreds, determined to leave secrets buried. Gradually the bird-watcher succeeds in unravelling a tragedy at the heart of a community in which many are suffering still from the loss of people they have loved. And in the process finds her own peace. The Breakers is an immensely satisfying and evocative mystery of great depth. Claudie Gallay unpeels the emotions of her unforgettable characters with such subtlety that the reader is captivated. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)843.92Literature French French fiction Modern Period 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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One day a stranger shows up in town. He is Lambert, and is the owner of a decrepit cottage he intends to sell. Years previously, Lambert's mother, father, and younger brother were drowned in a boating accident. He suspects that it may have been more than an accident, and believes that Theo, the lighthouse keeper may have turned off the lights in the lighthouse, thus leading to the accident.
Over the next several weeks/months, the narrator and Lambert begin to form a relationship, and facts about the past and many of the villagers come to light. There is a great sense of place in the book, with bountiful and varied descriptions of the sea, the cliffs and the birds. But the book is also vague, dreamy and wandering, and doesn't read very quickly. It was a major bestseller in France when it was published. I liked it, but it was not a particularly memorable read for me.
3 stars ( )