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Elizabeth Bowen recreates the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. Many people have fled the city, and those who stayed behind find themselves thrown together in an odd intimacy born of crisis. Stella Rodney is one of those who chose to stay. But for her, the sense of impending catastrophe becomes acutely personal when she discovers that her lover, Robert, is suspected of selling secrets to the enemy, and that the man who is following him wants Stella herself as the price of his silence. Caught between these two men, not sure whom to believe, Stella finds her world crumbling as she learns how little we can truly know of those around us.… (meer)
Londen in de tweede wereldoorlog. Mengeling van spionageverhaal, relatieroman. De stijlvolle, maar wat dolende Stella wordt door spookfiguur Harrison gewaarschuwd dat haar minnaar Robert een Duits spion is. Stella worstelt met de verdachtmaking. Nevenintriges rond haar zoon Roderick en zijn Ierse erfenis en het eveneens dolende arbeidersmeisje Louie. Knappe sfeerschepping. Opvallend gecondenseerde stijl, moeilijke lectuur. Als mengeling van Greene (The End of the Affaire) en Woolf een echte krachttoer ( )
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To Charles Ritchie
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That Sunday, from six o'clock in the evening, it was a Viennese orchestra that played.
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The very soil of the city at this time seemed to generate more strength: in parks the outsize dahlias, velvet and wine, and the trees on which each vein in each yellow leaf stretched out perfect against the sun blazoned out the idea of the finest hour.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
They passed overhead, disappearing in the direction of the West.
Elizabeth Bowen recreates the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. Many people have fled the city, and those who stayed behind find themselves thrown together in an odd intimacy born of crisis. Stella Rodney is one of those who chose to stay. But for her, the sense of impending catastrophe becomes acutely personal when she discovers that her lover, Robert, is suspected of selling secrets to the enemy, and that the man who is following him wants Stella herself as the price of his silence. Caught between these two men, not sure whom to believe, Stella finds her world crumbling as she learns how little we can truly know of those around us.
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