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Chargement... The Cabala 1928 (original 1926; édition 2004)par Thornton Wilder (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Not my favorite Wilder, but interesting glimpse into the world of expats in Rome. Fantastical plot with some insight into what it's like to be an expat (and what a small world it becomes once you're in a foreign country). ( ) ok.....for starters, this book had no quotation marks......not sure i have ever read something without them, but it was an adjustment. Expatriates from all over convening on Rome take a young New England scholar into their high social circles giving him a year he'll remember for some time! Also a bit of a thinking book....lots of dialogue about Catholicism and royalty and the reincarnation of sorts of Roman Gods, all of this making for a bit of an effort for me beyond my desire for a pleasurable read. Wilder won 3 different Pulitzer Prizes, 1 for a novel and 2 for plays, so as always, i started at the beginning. This was his first, and i'll not hold that against him at this point. It was a quick read, but nothing that really grabbed me in any way. One hopes that experience for Wilder led to more stimulating work.....I'll keep you posted! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A young American in Rome encounters a mysterious cohort of aristocrats in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's debut novel. In love with all things classical, the narrator of Thornton Wilder's The Cabala is entranced by the timeless city of Rome. With the Great War finally over, he's spending a year among Rome's salons and cafes. But he only comes to understand the grand and crumbling metropolis when a friend introduces him to a secret society of intellectuals known as the Cabala. Charmed by the young American, the elegant and idiosyncratic members of the Cabala give him the nickname Samuele. He soon becomes their confidant and go-between, privy to their intimate dramas, scandals, and insecurities. As living embodiments of ancient gods, these peculiar characters impress upon Samuele that nothing in life is truly eternal. The Cabala is a semiautobiographical novel based on Thornton Wilder's time at the American Academy in Rome during the 1920s. First published in 1926, it launched his reputation as one of his generation's finest storytellers. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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