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Bezig met laden... The Quiet Man and Other Storiesdoor Maurice Walsh
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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 slim little 50 page book was part of a series printed by Macarthur Press in Parramatta in 1947. It is inscribed a merry Christmas and a happy new (you) year from Sister Janie. So I read it as something a Catholic nun would deem gift-worthy. It's more of a short story than a novel but beautifully written in the sense that it's Irish brogue permeates almost every sentence. The quiet man is Shawn Kelvin and the way his story is told is no profound but entirely satisfying. Quite lovely and unpretentious. ( ) Fra bagsiden: " En glødende kærlighed til Irland og et flammende had til England var et fællestræk hos de fleste irlændere. "Den tavse mand", der som film blev en kæmpesucces overalt. bygger også på dette nationaltræk. En gruppe mænd kæmper i den irske undergrundsbevægelse mod de forhadte "black-and-tan" soldater, og deres fantatiske vilje til friheden - til ikke at ville undetrykkes - er beskrevet med en fortættet spænding. Da freden endelig kommer, er der jubel. Og mændene fra partisangruppen falder efterhånden til ro i et borgeligt hverv - fordi de en efter en falder for "de forbandede rødhårede kvinder" ... " This is a truly great book, beautifully told. The John Ford movie of The Quiet Man is one of my all-time favorites -- but the stories are like meeting old friends and finding them deeper and richer than you ever knew. The characters are very different, but very much the same. It's fascinating to see how Ford changed them for the cinema, to make a wonderful story of his own. I've already ordered another book by Maurice Walsh; I may read several more by this spellbinding author. I can't recommend this highly enough! La historia del boxeador norteamericano que regresa a su Irlanda natal para hallar la paz, y la encuentra en brazos de una mujer pelirroja de fuerte carácter, sería llevada al cine en 1952, protagonizada por John Wayne y Maureen O’Hara. Hoy, sesenta años después, el éxito de la película —uno de los grandes títulos de Ford— ha ensombrecido la novela en la que se inspiró, un bestseller internacional hasta ahora inédito en España. Aquí está la historia de amor entre el hombre tranquilo y la joven pelirroja, pero hay mucho más: una naturaleza exhuberante donde pervive la leyenda, y la amistad de un grupo de hombres y mujeres que han luchado en el ira por la independencia de su país. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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In the 1930s, Irish novelist Maurice Walsh placed the moors and mountains of Ireland firmly on the literary map with this celebrated collection of stories. Since then, readers have continued to be charmed by these accounts of the simple and common activities of the characters in 1920s rural Ireland. The lives of Hugh Forbes, Paddy Bawn Enright, Archibald MacDonald, Joan Hyland, and Nuala Kierley intermingle as the themes of nationalism, human dignity, honor, and love are given full play. Made famous by John Ford's Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, these remain humorous and poignant tales set against a backdrop of intrigue and Irish civil unrest. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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