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Bezig met laden... The Lessons (2010)door Naomi Alderman
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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 was my first encounter with Naomi Alderman's writing and it turned out to be very appealing: the spiritual love-child of The Secret History and Brideshead Revisited, which are two of my favourite novels. It follows the isolated, agnostic James who arrives as an undergraduate in Oxford, only to find that a running accident in his first term brings him into the orbit of the beautiful, fabulously rich and self-consciously dissolute Mark Winters. This troubled but captivating young man will come to influence not only James's time at Oxford but his life far beyond that. Conjuring up the intense feel of student life and undergraduate friendships, the book never quite shakes off the shadow of Brideshead (with which it shares a great deal), but nevertheless it's elegant, sensitive and thoroughly nostalgic. For a more extensive review, please see my blog: http://theidlewoman.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-lessons-naomi-alderman.html Aldermans The Lessons påminner om Evelyn Waughs Brideshead Revisited. Det är oerhört gripande och bitterljuv historia om två unga män från helt olika bakgrund som möts när de börjar sina studier vid Oxford. Liksom hos Waugh är det en ung ateist från medelklassen som möter en oerhört rik ung katolik och genom hela boken löper deras olika förståelser av ett religiöst liv (inte minst lidandets betydelse). Medan Waugh beskriver en generell förändring där en hel samhällsklass håller på att försvinna och förlora sin betydelse riktar Alderman istället enbart in sig på det partikulära i mötet mellan två personer med radikalt olika förutsättningar. The Lessons saknar Waughs episka drag, men är verkligen en storartad berättelse. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Hidden away in an Oxford backstreet is a crumbling Georgian mansion, unknown to any but the few who possess keys to its unassuming front gate. Its owner is the mercurial, charismatic Mark Winters, whose rackety trust-fund upbringing has left him as troubled and unpredictable as he is wildly promiscuous.Mark gathers around him an impressionable group of students: glamorous Emmanuella, who always has a new boyfriend in tow; Franny and Simon, best friends and occasional lovers; musician Jess, whose calm exterior hides passionate depths. And James, already damaged by Oxford and looking for a group to belong to.For a time they live in a charmed world of learning and parties and love affairs. But university is no grounding for adult life, and when, years later, tragedy strikes, they are entirely unprepared. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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