Pierre e Jean

One of those sad, sad stories about families and their inability to be good for and to each other! Maupassant excels at neat studies of dysfunctional family situations. Beautiful French, just as in Une vie . I found myself constantly wanting to tell Pierre's and Jean's parents that they cause all prob Leggi tutto

[Fresh from his triumphs in Bel-Ami, ROBERT PATTINSON will shortly be appearing in Pierre et Jean , directed by A FAMOUS FRENCH DIRECTOR. The following outtake has turned up on YouTube] FRENCH DIRECTOR: Vous vous souvenez peut-être, j'ai dit que tout le monde doit lire le roman. Monsieur Pattinson, no Leggi tutto

Mr Roland, a former Parisian jeweller with a passion for sailing, retired to Le Havre with his wife and two sons: Pierre, the eldest, a medical graduate, and Jean, his youngest five-year-old, who has just finished his law degree. During a family fishing trip with a young widow, Mrs Rosemilly, the tw Leggi tutto

Pierre and Jean is a novel about brotherhood and how they are driven apart when one of them becomes the heir of a great fortune, left him by a close friend of the family from long ago. From then off the family gets focused upon Jean, the heir. Pierre feels neglected and decides to become a doctor on Leggi tutto

حكاية عن الغيرة، الخيانة، التشتت، المشاعر المخفية التي تتخلل علاقة الإخوة، وعن الأهل حين لا يكونون كفؤاً لحمل هذه المسؤولية المقدسة .. تراجيديا مؤلمة نجح الكاتب في رسمها، وأبدع في تناوله لصراع الإنسان مع مشاعره؛ كيف تنغرس بذرة الشك الخبيثة في نفسه وتجعل جانباه الطيب والقاسي يتنازعانه بلا هوادة، ليتر Leggi tutto

Δεύτερο βιβλίο του Γκι Ντε Μοπασάν που διαβάζω, μετά το πολύ καλό "Ο Οξαποδώ" που διάβασα φέτος τον Μάρτιο, και δηλώνω ξανά ικανοποιημένος. Πρόκειται για ένα κοινωνικό δράμα με διαχρονικούς προβληματισμούς για τις οικογενειακές σχέσεις, το οποίο έχει να προσφέρει πράγματα και στον σημερινό αναγνώστη Leggi tutto

The obvious reading of this novel is that of the fragility of familial life, how the intertwined relations of multiple persons over a lifetime can be rent asunder by a chance of fate that was neither sought nor expected. Yet I can't help think there is a deeper meaning to this novel than this surfac Leggi tutto

E' vero che sono rimasti solo i più famosi e più bravi, che molti sono finiti nell'oblio, ma quando capita di fare qualche confronto con parecchia robaccia attuale cascano un po' le braccia.

Molto difficile per me esprimere un parere su quest’opera. Non conosco la produzione di Maupassant, è stato il primo libro che ho letto. Ne ho ricavato l’impressione di uno scrittore maturo, capace, di talento, che sa usare molto bene la sua penna per rappresentare i tormenti di un giovane uomo scon Leggi tutto

Set in Le Havre, France, in the 19th century, this is a story of sibling rivalry. Younger brother Jean inherits the estate of a family friend. Elder brother Pierre becomes jealous of Jean’s inheritance. Pierre obsesses over why he did not share in this good fortune. Family secrets unfold. I am sure Leggi tutto