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The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom (The Von Igelfeld Trilogy) (originale 2004; edizione 2004)

di Alexander McCall Smith (Autore)

Serie: Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment (Omnibus 1-3)

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Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, has turned his hand to humour. The delightful result is a creation of comic genius. For in the unnaturally tall form of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, we are invited to meet a memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and of Inspecteur Clouseau's hapless gaucherie. Von Igelfeld inhabits the rarefied world of the Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg, a world he shares with his equally tall and equally ridiculous colleagues, Professors Florianus Prinzel and Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer. Their unlikely adventures are described in three deliciously funny instalments: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances.… (altro)

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Utente:	Nicky24
Titolo:	The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom (The Von Igelfeld Trilogy)
Autori:	Alexander McCall Smith (Autore)
Info:	Time Warner Books Uk (2004), 400 pages
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Wie die Hauptperson Prof. von Igelfeld bin auch ich Professorin an der Universität Regensburg. Daher musste ich das Buch einfach lesen. Allerdings hat die tatschliche Uni nicht viel mit dieser fiktiven Uni Regensburg zu tun. Aber so wenig auch nicht: Das Buch beschreibt den deutschen Professor als naiv, weltfremd, eitel und verschroben - ständig im Konkurenzkampf mit den Kollegen, die am Ende doch fast die besten Freunde sind.
Wie britischer Humor manchmal ist, ist auch dieses Buch fast zu übertrieben. Aber ich fn es doch sehr lustig und manches absolut gut getroffen. Für Angehörige der Universität, v.a. in den Geisteswissenschaften, ist das eine sehr kurzweilige Lektüre. (

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Wassilissa | May 10, 2018 |

I am too enamored with little Bertie of the 44 Scotland stbseries to fully appeciate this series, but oh so funny. (

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sophie.anna | May 3, 2017 |

Liked “The Perfect Imperfect” and particularly “At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances”, but overall I feel it may have been whimsy drawn out rather too far. Suspect it would be better in the three separate volumes as which it was originally published. (

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florasuncle | Dec 5, 2012 |

This was promising to start with, but I found myself getting increasingly irritated with the two dimensional nature of the characters and the total lack of a story, in any of the three books. A series of mildly amusing anecdotes isn't really enough to sustain 400 pages. It felt as if it had been written in a rush, according to a publisher's delivery schedule. (

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BecMcQ | May 25, 2011 |

"The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom: The Professor von Igelfeld Trilogy" consists of "Portuguese Irregular Verbs", "The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs" and "The Villa of Reduced Circumstances".

The Professor von Igelfeld Trilogy trilogy was a quick read, being less than 400 pages in total, and I read it over the weekend. Having very much enjoyed the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, I was a bit disappointed with the doings of Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues. They are the sort of books that are vaguely amusing but don't actually make you laugh, although I did find each book more amusing than the last. (

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Portuguese Irregular Verbs di Alexander McCall Smith

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs di Alexander McCall Smith

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances di Alexander McCall Smith

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The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom

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The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom

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2003-03-03: Portuguese Irregular Verbs

2003-06-03: The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

2003-10-07: At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances

2004-08-03: The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom (omnibus)

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Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld often reflected on how fortunate he was to be exactly who he was, and nobody else.

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The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom includes: At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and Portuguese Irregular Verbs in 2002. These titles were published separately in 2003.

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Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, has turned his hand to humour. The delightful result is a creation of comic genius. For in the unnaturally tall form of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, we are invited to meet a memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and of Inspecteur Clouseau's hapless gaucherie. Von Igelfeld inhabits the rarefied world of the Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg, a world he shares with his equally tall and equally ridiculous colleagues, Professors Florianus Prinzel and Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer. Their unlikely adventures are described in three deliciously funny instalments: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances.

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