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Vivian Connell (1905–1981)

Auteur de The Chinese Room

15+ oeuvres 80 utilisateurs 3 critiques

Œuvres de Vivian Connell

The Chinese Room (1948) 50 exemplaires
The Golden Sleep (1955) 5 exemplaires
A Man of Parts (1957) 4 exemplaires
The Golden Sleep [Signet #724] (1949) 3 exemplaires
Bachelors Anonymous 2 exemplaires
Corinna Lang, goodbye (1954) 2 exemplaires
September in Quinze (1952) 2 exemplaires
Monte Carlo mission (2010) 2 exemplaires
The Love Lush (1956) 2 exemplaires
The Dream and the Flesh (1963) 2 exemplaires
The Naked Rich (1967) 1 exemplaire
La camera cinese 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance
1905
Date de décès
1981
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Ireland

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I only read up to page 24. That's how long I give a book to grab me and make me keep reading. There are too many books and too little time, so I want to read something enjoyable or edifying, or sexy or ... something. But not this.

The book was written in 1942, so the writing is stilted and old-fashioned. In fact, it reads like a novel from even earlier. But that wasn't a deterrent, I like classics. I think I picked this up at a yardsale. I like to read banned books and this is one. The blurb on the back puts this book in the illustrious company of Ulysses, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and The Genius. It also calls it "...one of the most daring books in the English language." That may be so, but I sure didn't see it.

After reading the first 24 pages, I skipped around trying to find a passage that might entice me to try and read more. It didn't work. This is for the discard pile.

So now onto another book from my box of erotica.
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jezebellydancer | 1 autre critique | Jan 21, 2022 |
 
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EmilioDAntuono | Jun 14, 2021 |
This book started out as a mystery but then wandered on to questions of morality, fidelity in marriage, late awakening to sensual pleasures and then at the end back to the mystery and solution of. It was not my cup of tea, but I skimmed throught the middle as I wanted to know the solution to the mystery.

If you enjoy a more psychological line of writing, this would be a book for you. It takes place in the 1940s in England.
 
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ChazziFrazz | 1 autre critique | Jun 23, 2016 |

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Œuvres
15
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2
Membres
80
Popularité
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Évaluation
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Critiques
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ISBN
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