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Chargement... Moon Tiger (1987)par Penelope Lively
   Booker Prize (55) Women in War (8) » 15 plus Top Five Books of 2013 (1,064) Top Five Books of 2017 (647) A Novel Cure (258) Historical Fiction (469) Books Read in 2017 (1,609) Books about World War II (217) BBC Radio 4 Bookclub (201) AP Lit (229) BBC World Book Club (105) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  ela82 | Feb 21, 2024 |   The narrator, Claudia, is on her death bed, and tells us she will write a history of the world. It is mainly HER history, of a life (and love) with her brother, Gordon, throughout their teen years and then later. She is jealous of his wife. However, she meets a man who is the love of her life. The story goes back and forth, highlights times of war and peace, and is a reflection of her life and loves. This has received critical acclaim, but it wasn't for me. (  ) rmarcin | Oct 17, 2023 |  ) RickGeissal | Aug 16, 2023 | The novel is in a way, a history of world though it ends in the late twentieth century. I can’t help wondering what Clara’s take would be of the twentieth century. Somewhat like mine I expect. ( ) kjuliff | Jun 30, 2023 | Soaring, searing, essential. (  )1  proustitute | Apr 2, 2023 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize Penelope Lively won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for this deeply moving, elegantly structured novel. Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she's carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia's personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia's impact on their world. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Claudia Hampton - schön, berühmt, unabhängig, im Sterben liegend.
Aber sie bleibt trotzig bis zum Schluss und sagt ihren Krankenschwestern, dass sie eine "Geschichte der Welt ... und dabei auch meine eigene" schreiben wird. Und es ist ihre Geschichte von der Kindheit kurz nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg und darüber hinaus. Doch Claudias Leben ist mit dem anderer Menschen verwoben, und sie muss denen, die sie kannten und liebten, die Möglichkeit geben, zu Wort zu kommen und ihren Standpunkt darzulegen. Da ist Gordon, Bruder und Widersacher; Jasper, ihr unzuverlässiger Liebhaber und Vater von Lisa, ihrer kühlen, konventionellen Tochter; und dann ist da noch Tom, ihre einzige große Liebe, die sie im Ägypten des Krieges gefunden und verloren hat.