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Bezig met laden... La chica del tambor (origineel 1983; editie 2003)door John Le Carré
Informatie over het werkDe lokvogel door John le Carré (1983)
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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 almost wanted to give this up as the first few chapters were too full of detail and you couldn't see where this was going. Glad I persevered, this is one of the better Le Carre books compared to some of the duds. Nevertheless, you have to suspend disbelief. It is not entirely clear why they chose Charlie to enter the lion's den though you can sort of understand why Charlie accepted the assignment. She doesn't have to. Le Carre portrayed her emotional state very well as she lived in the hope of Joseph's love. It was heartbreaking when Joseph pushed her back to Khalil and you read in suspense wondering how Le Carre will end the story. He had more than once ended his plots as a tragedy. Read on and you will know. ( ) A vapid, vaguely radical actor is recruited by noble Israeli spies to infiltrate a Palestinian terrorist cell, populated mostly by dumb people killing Jews in the diaspora, who nevertheless kind of have a point (at least about their grievances). Given the course of the occupation, and the benefit of hindsight, it is hard to take this novel seriously, especially since Palestinian organizations have not targeted the diaspora. It kind of has a quality of shrugging your shoulders and saying "what are you going to do" and seems to be mostly sympathetic to the Israelis and their super capable, cunning, nearly omniscient intelligence services who can surgically target violent militants while maintaining ethical commitments (...yeah, that has not been born out). The psychological trauma inflicted on Charlie, the protagonist, and the double consciousness she experiences, is kind of interesting, but early on in the novel she did not seem that deep to really be bothered by the facade. The plot revolves around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rather than Le Carré's familiar milieu of the cold war. That said, he does kinda fit his plot into his familiar cold war devices - and this is essentially a story of espionage. This initially caused me a few reservations, as I'd expected it to be less like his previous novels than it appeared on first flush - there's an analogue for Smiley, and even for his occassional cadre of misfits; he returns again to England-on-the-wane than. But despite the superficial similarities - his tradecraft as he might himself have it - this book definitely moves beyond Le Carré's previous works, and is better for it. He manages to pull off an international setting without the histrionics of The Honourable Schoolboy. On the conflict itself, Le Carré is at pains to be even-handed - showing people of all stripes on all sides - though it is very clear that he believes that horrors have been committed against innocent Palestinians. In part this 'balances' the Palestinian villains of the piece, though that would be an over-simplification of Le Carré's nuanced portayal. I thought the writing was excellent too - skillfully edging the narrative voice into the subjective reality of the protagonist just enough to give an impression of their mindset and smear our objective clarity, without it becoming too tricksy or distracting. Actually not a bad introductory Le Carré I think. Whilst a spy genre novel, the narrative here is quite a different approach and focuses more on the physiological aspects of the main protagonist. The book is slow to get moving (it’s around 500pgs) but the second half is quite engaging. The story shows how spy’s can be selected but more so, how well double agents can be trained so as to appear genuine. It also shows how they be motivated to work in such a complex and murky world. Whilst not Le Carre’s best work it is well worth a read for those interested in exploring the spy genre in more depth and breadth .
Mr. le Carré's novel is certainly the most mature, inventive and powerful book about terrorists-come-to-life this reader has experienced. It transcends the genre by reason of the will and the interests of the author. The story line interests him but does not dominate him. He is interested in writing interestingly about things interesting and not interesting. Terrorism and counterterrorism, intelligence work and espionage are, then, merely the vehicle for a book about love, anomie, cruelty, determination and love of country. ''The Little Drummer Girl'' is about spies as ''Madame Bovary'' is about adultery or ''Crime and Punishment'' about crime. Mr. le Carré easily establishes that he is not beholden to the form he elects to use. This book will permanently raise him out of the espionage league, narrowly viewed. The conversion of Charlie into the goat tethered to catch the lion (Kurtz’s phrase) is a remarkable piece of writing. It takes a long time to get the goat tethered, and some of the Kurtz-Litvak activities seem drawn out or unlikely, in particular a passage of knockabout comedy with Charlie’s agent. Yet when the operation begins, and Charlie moves deeper and deeper into the Palestine terrorist movement, one sees that the preparations were necessary to our full belief and understanding. The balance between the two violent idealisms is finely kept, and there is a glimpse or anticipation of ‘the ultimate recourse’, the brutal invasion of Lebanon that actually took place. Among a large cast of convincing minor characters the German terrorist Helga and the foxy political middleman Dr Alexis are particularly good. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)List Taschenbuch (60160) BevatHeeft de bewerkingIs verkort inPrijzenOnderscheidingenErelijsten
In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into 'the theatre of the real' by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL is a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times. 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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