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Sinossi
È lecito distruggere un uomo politico, sia pure spregevole e privo di scrupoli, attaccandolo sui segreti più intimi della vita privata? E un grande artista, per difendere la propria ispirazione, è autorizzato a ignorare una persona che sta rischiando la vita? Amsterdam è il palcoscenico ideale di una buffa e terribile resa dei conti, "una tragicommedia in cui nessun personaggio è amabile" che, con piacevole e insieme graffiante ironia, ci interroga sul valore di alcune scelte etiche fondamentali. Con questo romanzo Ian McEwan ci regala una sinfonia breve e grottesca sull'odio e la vendetta. Feroce e leggera, la penna di uno dei più grandi scrittori inglesi contemporanei ci trascina abilmente in un appassionante racconto che ritrae il deserto morale di fine millennio. Nel 1998 il romanzo ha vinto il prestigioso Booker Prize.
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- Pagine: 172
- Data di uscita: 04-10-2006
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Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Is it just me or do other people "shy away" from books that look a little too intellectual for them? I read because I enjoy it. I am at an age where I don't need to read to impress. I like a good book (and I hate a bad book) and will read anything that interests me. I am shal Leggi tutto
A novel about moral dilemmas. From the title, the main theme is assisted suicide, legal in the Netherlands. Not only that, but suppose your lifetime best buddy asks you to pledge that you will accompany him to Amsterdam if he becomes incapacitated? The book opens with this theme at the funeral of a
This might sound tautological, but McEwan certainly reads well -- you have got to hand it to him. There are no cracks to be found in his controlled composure: storyline and structure seamlessly combine to create a work of majestic, unquestionable virtuosity. Amsterdam , winner of the 1998 Booker priz Leggi tutto
This sly little dark comedy – an unusual Booker Prize winner – examines aging and ethics in turn-of-the-millennium London. A woman’s death irrevocably changes the lives of three of her former lovers: a composer, a newspaper editor and a politician, each one staring down middle-age and mortality with Leggi tutto
3.5 Have you ever picked up a novel that initially gripped you but found the conclusion so disappointing that it altered your view of the book? Unfortunately, that was my experience with Ian McEwan's Amsterdam. The novel focuses on the unbridled ambitions and questionable ethics of two friends from th Leggi tutto
I'm tired of the super-twist endings and the ponderous philosophical musings on guilt and morality. I'm tired of successful, monied people in nicely renovated townhouses feeling sorry for themselves. Maybe I don't get Ian McEwan. I'm okay with that. But I'm not going to read another one of these.
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