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Αυτό το βιβλίο ήταν μια έκπληξη γιατί ομολογώ το ξεκίνησα κάπως επιφυλακτικά. Τελειώνοντας το όμως, έχω να πω ότι είναι από εκείνα τα βιβλία που με κάνουν να θυμάμαι γιατί αγαπώ το διάβασμα! Αυτό το βιβλίο μελετά τον έρωτα. Δε διηγείται, όμως, απλά μια ρομαντική ιστορία, αλλά αναλύει με ένα τρόπο βαθ Leggi tutto

I felt supremely intellectual and sensitive while I was reading this book, all the more so because I read most of it while standing the queue for the David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. Not that David Hockney is an intellectual. But the standard of badinage in the queues at the

3,5 και χαλάλι του. Παρότι οι ερωτικές ιστορίες δεν είναι και πολύ του στυλ μου, η δεξιοτεχνία της Σαγκαν με συνεπήρε. Αυτό. Λιτό και απέριττο!

Un amore a tratti semplice che intenerisce e a tratti folle che conquista chi legge. L’atmosfera parigina è così intensa che quasi si sente l’odore della brezza primaverile che ha animato la protagonista nelle prime pagine. Anche per i più spensierati arrivano poi i tamburi che annunciano La Disfatt Leggi tutto

High-society Paris in the 1960s. Sagan’s talent is her ability to make vacuous and self-absorbed characters colorful and interesting.

“Four people, jaggedly emerging from the superficial gloss of the Paris social set” reads the back cover, and after the first third of this novella I thought that was all it would be, except that I felt they barely 'emerged' at all, so superficial seemed their thoughts and interactions. But now that Leggi tutto

Paris by night or day actually depends on which stage of the story you are at but the author introduces the typical Parisian lifestyle of the 60’s with its flamboyant dinners exotic cocktails and love affairs. Each character represents a certain category of the french society ; the aristocrats, the a Leggi tutto

The novel is based on a love story and it would appear quite an ordinary and typical triangle, but below the surface the author has developed a concept that is much more profound and complicated than the love affair itself. Lucile, the main character has been living with Charles, her 50-year-old lov Leggi tutto

Πραγματικά πολύ καλύτερο απ αυτό που περίμενα. Δεν είναι ένα ακόμα καταθλιπτικό δήθεν κουλτουριάρικο διήγημα για έναν αποτυχημένο έρωτα. Καλογραμμένο και με συνοχή στην παρουσίαση των σχέσεων και των συναισθημάτων των ηρώων. Leggi tutto

Le premier livre de Sagan que je lis (enfin que j'écoute). Histoire d'une passion. Un vieil homme riche et éperdument désireux de rendre heureuse une trentenaire indécise, perpétuellement insatisfaite. Un jour, arrive un jeune premier en quête de bonheurs simples et de projets d'avenir avec la fuyan Leggi tutto