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Bezig met laden... Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel (editie 2014)door Nancy Horan
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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. At 35 Fanny has left her philandering husband in San Francisco and set sail for Belgium with her three children and nanny in tow. Her goal was to study art and to pursue her own desires. Not long after her arrival, tragedy strikes and she and the children go to a quiet artists’ colony in France where she can recuperate. Emerging from her sorrow, she meets a lively Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, ten years her junior. Fanny is reluctant at first, but eventually falls in love with Stevenson. Thus, begins a fierce love affair that spans two decades and the globe. ( ) Distraught from a failing marriage, Fanny packs up her children and visits Europe, where she makes the acquaintance of Louis Stevenson, who is quickly enamored with her. But is Fanny willing to throw away her old life for a struggling writer? This book is a historical fiction based on the lives of two real people -- the rather famous author Robert Louis Stevenson and his less famous love interest. This is the same formula Horan used for her book Loving Frank, which I found more compelling than this one. While this book certainly had its moments that could captivate, there were parts that felt rather plodding and/or repetitive. And when it comes down to it, Fanny and Louis's lives just weren't quite as interesting as that of Mamah and Frank Lloyd Wright. In the end, this was fine enough read for those who really enjoy historical fiction and/or have a special interest in Stevenson and his works/life. Under the Wide and Starry Sky is the story of Fanny Van de Grift and her husband, author Robert Louis Stevenson. It's an enthralling biography of two extraordinary lives. Fanny is an American, married to a philanderer who she left with her children to live in France when she meets Robert Louis Stevenson, eleven years her junior and not famous yet. Despite the obstacles, the two fall in love and once Fanny gets a divorce, they marry. Due to Louis' (the name the family uses) health problems, they travel widely, looking for a place where his lungs might not suffer, while his fame grows with books such as Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They settled finally in Samoa where both are buried. They lived fascinating lives from the Wild West of America to the highlands of Scotland, Paris to the islands of the Pacific. They knew all sorts of famous people from the art and literary world. Ms. Horan is able to fairly depict both the good and bad of their characters using letters and diaries in a very readable format. I really loved their story. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"In her new novel, Nancy Horan has recreated a love story that is as unique, passionate, and overwhelmingly powerful as the one between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney depicted so memorably in Loving Frank. Under the Wide and Starry Sky chronicles the unconventional love affair of Scottish literary giant Robert Louis Stevenson, author of classics including Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and American divorcee Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne. They meet in rural France in 1875, when Fanny, having run away from her philandering husband back in California, takes refuge there with her children. Stevenson too is escaping from his life, running from family pressure to become a lawyer. And so begins a turbulent love affair that will last two decades and span the world.In her masterful new novel, Nancy Horan has recreated a love story that is as unique, passionate, and overwhelmingly powerful as the one between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney depicted so memorably in Loving Frank. Under the Wide and Starry Sky chronicles the unconventional love affair of Scottish literary giant Robert Louis Stevenson, author of classics including Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and American divorcee Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne. They meet in rural France in 1875, when Fanny, having run away from her philandering husband back in California, takes refuge there with her children. Stevenson too is escaping from his life, running from family pressure to become a lawyer. And so begins a turbulent love affair that will last two decades and span the world"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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