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Bezig met laden... Het huis in Kreis Pinneberg (2013)door Rhidian Brook
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I liked the story idea, however, the character development was lacking for me. ( ) I want to watch The Aftermath the movie, so of course, I started by reading the book. And, I must say that I quite enjoyed this story about a British family moving into a house with a German widower and his daughter after WW2. Both families have lost much during the war and now they have to live under the same roof. The ending felt a bit abrupt, but I quite enjoyed the writing and the story. Now I'm ready for the movie! Finalizada la segunda guerra mundial, Hamburgo ha sido ocupada por los británicos. El coronel Lewis Morgan y su familia se instalan en una de las mansiones requisadas a los alemanes. La integridad y el deseo de confraternización del coronel hacen que llegue a un acuerdo con los ocupantes de la casa, la familia Luber, compuesta por un arquitecto viudo y su hija adolescente, para que ambas familias puedan convivir en armonÃa. There's much written about Berlin in the last week's of WW2 (and the weeks after surrender), but not so for Hamburg. Enlightening and unsettling, The Aftermath brings together motherless children, grieving parents , a widower and emotionally disurbed teenagers in a story which reveals yet more ways in which war destroys us.
Postwar Hamburg is the backdrop for British writer Brook's emotionally charged third novel, which is inspired by his family history. British Col. Lewis Morgan is stationed in the German city in 1946. He requisitions a house for his family, but instead of casting out its German owners (the standard procedure), he allows them to remain. Brook's chilling observations of Hamburg's defeated inhabitants and "the fantastic destruction that lay all around" are unnerving and riveting. "Feral" children, he writes, beg for cigarettes and chocolates, and "Rubble Runners" clean up the remains of bombed-out buildings in exchange for food vouchers. But the novel's smaller stage—the home that Morgan; his wife, Rachael; and their son, Edmund, share with Stefan Lubert and his daughter, Freda—tells the bigger story. The blended families are uncomfortable with their new relationship, and the toxic effects of unassuaged grief for lost love ones complicates the situation.
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HTML: 1946, post-World War II Hamburg. While thousands wander the rubble, lost and homeless, Colonel Lewis Morgan, charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the denazification of its defeated people, is stationed in a grand house on the River Elbe. He is awaiting the arrival of his wife, Rachaelâ??still grieving for their eldest sonâ??and their only surviving son, Edmund. But rather than force the owners of the house, a German widower and his rebellious daughter, out onto the streets, Lewis insists that the two families live together. In this charged atmosphere, both parents and children will be forced to confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal, to their deepest desires, their fiercest loyalties, and the transforming power of forgiveness. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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