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Chargement... Avant moi (1982)par Julian Barnes
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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. Tras quince años de implacable matrimonio con Bárbara, Graham Hendrick, un historiador y profesor universitario, conoce a Ann, se enamora y, después de unos meses de relaciones clandestinas, abandona esposa, hija, coche e hipoteca, y se marcha a vivir con la mujer que le ha hecho recuperar el placer de vivir. Graham se divorciará de la furiosa Bárbara, se casará con Ann, y serán felices para siempre y comerán perdices... Hasta el día aciago en que sorprende a su nueva esposa cometiendo adulterio en la pantalla. Pues Ann no ha nacido, como desearía Graham y desean todos los enamorados, en el instante preciso en que se conocieron. La joven tiene un pasado en el que ha sido actriz, y ha interpretado pequeños papeles en numerosas películas. Y Graham se dedicará a rastrearlas minuciosamente, y a verlas compulsivamente, pues como historiador que es, sabe que el pasado, y sus testimonios, importan. Aunque él, más que en una «investigación histórica Well... That was, well, not bad, but certainly stupid. So after a long affair, a college professor leaves his wife and marries his lover. And then he starts to question his new wife's previous relationships to the point of obsession which results in a murder and a suicide? It was unusual topic, but Graham had no reason to be jealous. As for her ongoing affair with his friend Jack, Graham shouldn't have done that. Killing for revenge is stupid. Unlike other Barnes' novels (this was my fifth) this one feels like a proper story (Just like my favourite "The Sense of an Ending"), but something's missing. It just feels stupid. I'll give Barnes a pass though because this was only his second novel. (Three years later he wrote wonderful "Flaubert's Parrot") He was probably still finding himself as a writer. Some elements are still here (deep analysis of actions, for example) And there weren't enough memorable quotes. Only two or three I believe whereas in the others I had at least a dozen. Lettura sgradevole sia per l’argomento (una storia di gelosia retrospettiva) sia per la scrittura (solo apparentemente disinvolta, ma che suona alquanto falsa) sia per i personaggi (l’amico del protagonista, per fare un esempio, è una macchietta nemmeno simpatica). Abbandonato senza rimpianti. Non so perché con Julian Barnes continuo a cascarci, per rimanere regolarmente delusa (salvo il passabile ‘Livelli di vita’). Non intendo cascarci più. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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'A remarkably original and subtle novel' Frank Kermode, New York Review of BooksWinner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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