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Op mijn negentiende kreeg ik lezers. Dat was wennen. Mijn debuut verscheen in het jaar dat ik in Brussel ging studeren en meteen moest beslissen wat mijn afstudeerproject zou worden. Lang twijfelde ik niet: ik wijdde mijn scriptie aan de Britse auteur Aidan Chambers, die toen met ‘Dance on my grave’ Leggi tutto

4 stelle e mezzo. "Siamo quello che fingiamo di essere,quindi dobbiamo stare attenti a quello che fingiamo di essere."-- Kurt Vonnegut. Questo è il primo scritto di Chambers che mi capita tra le mani e mi ricordo ancora della prima volta che l'ho sentito nominare. In molti ne hanno parlato con cal

✰ 4 stars ✰ “Enter Barry Gorman, eighteen years one month. Further details throughout what follows. This is he who becomes it. The Body. In his yellow flasher, he was grinning, and holding up for my inspection one pair of dripping jeans.Mine. Like me, lost overboard during the troubles.8/That imag Leggi tutto

I've decided to read this book after seeing the French adaption, Été 85, produced by François Ozon. I loved the movie, and I wanted to know how it followed the book, and how it didn't. Été 85 turns out to be one of the best book adaptations ever made. I'm picky when it comes to books turned into movi Leggi tutto

Sixteen-year-old Hal is lazing on his friends sailboat when he capsizes. That's when Barry Gorman saves Hal's life, and the two boys start a friendship. Over the course of the summer, Hal and Barry have adventures throughout their British town of Southend, and their relationship slowly develops into Leggi tutto

Αυτό το μαργαριτάρι της queer young adult λογοτεχνίας γράφτηκε το 1982, από εναν συγγραφέα ήδη στα 50 του και πρώην μοναχό. Έτσι εξηγείται η πλούσια ανάπτυξη χαρακτήρων , η βαθειά ενδοσκοπηση των αληθινών αιτιών της συμπεριφοράς και των συναισθημάτων του εφήβου Χαλ Ρόμπινσον , του ήρωα του βιβλίου. Leggi tutto

2.5, rounded up. Well, this was a major disappointment. I was impelled to read it after seeing (and loving) Francois Ozon's excellent screen adaptation, Summer of '85 - and this is, unfortunately, one of the few times a film is infinitely better than its source material. Several reasons account for t Leggi tutto