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Bezig met laden... Harry, de verbeterde versiedoor Mark Sarvas
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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. This might actually be closer to 3.5 stars. It was well-written, and I laughed out loud on several occasions, but I'm not sure how well the book would hold up under further scrutiny. There's a sort of episodic sameyness to the plot (Harry tells a lie, things get hilariously awkward, lather, rinse repeat), and I'm still not sure if I'm really satisfied with the ending. Still, the book made me cackle like an idiot at five in the morning in a crowded airport departure lounge. That's enough to merit giving it the benefit of the doubt. ( ) This might actually be closer to 3.5 stars. It was well-written, and I laughed out loud on several occasions, but I'm not sure how well the book would hold up under further scrutiny. There's a sort of episodic sameyness to the plot (Harry tells a lie, things get hilariously awkward, lather, rinse repeat), and I'm still not sure if I'm really satisfied with the ending. Still, the book made me cackle like an idiot at five in the morning in a crowded airport departure lounge. That's enough to merit giving it the benefit of the doubt. This might actually be closer to 3.5 stars. It was well-written, and I laughed out loud on several occasions, but I'm not sure how well the book would hold up under further scrutiny. There's a sort of episodic sameyness to the plot (Harry tells a lie, things get hilariously awkward, lather, rinse repeat), and I'm still not sure if I'm really satisfied with the ending. Still, the book made me cackle like an idiot at five in the morning in a crowded airport departure lounge. That's enough to merit giving it the benefit of the doubt. I found this book got better and better toward the end, bringing each of its subplots to closure. Harry’s coming of middle age is believable and sympathetic. I found the novel all the more impressive because its structure is non-linear, and details are regularly withheld then revealed. Yet the story unfolds easily, even with the back and forward shifts in time. This is a sweet, sad well-written book with a redemptive, earned ending. It wasn’t always easy to read, but the whole made me feel well-rewarded for engaging with it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Harry, Revisedis the hilarious and tender story of Harry Rent, a guilt-ridden, down-on-his-luck widower, who tries to reinvent himself following his wife's untimely death. His emotional journey takes him from his own solipsistic and outrageously misdirected fantasies about a raven-haired, twenty-two-year-old waitress at his local greasy spoon, to the tenuous beginnings of an actual, personal transformation. At once deeply moving and darkly comedic, Harry, Revisedis an extraordinary novel about the measure of a man's worth by a wonderful, emerging talent. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. Canongate Books2 edities van dit boek werden gepubliceerd door Canongate Books. Edities: 1847672809, 1847672817 Penguin AustraliaEen editie van dit boek werd gepubliceerd door Penguin Australia. |