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Negli anni Trenta un gruppo di intellettuali e accademici inglesi dell’università di Cambridge, in nome dell’ideologia e della fede comunista, si mise al servizio dell’Unione Sovietica, dando vita a un gruppo di spie tra le più famose del secolo. Da questo fatto storico John Banville prende spunto per il suo intrigantissimo romanzo, nel quale il protagonista, Victor Maskell, ha i connotati di un noto personaggio che di quel gruppo fece parte: Sir Anthony Blunt, storico dell’arte e intimo frequentatore della famiglia reale. L’intoccabile è la storia di una vita giocata tra gli estremi della verità e della menzogna, della rispettabilità e del disonore. Una memorabile ricostruzione di un’epoca brillante e inquieta, un’affascinante spy-story in cui non manca una sconvolgente rivelazione finale.
- ISBN: 8823516730
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 384
- Data di uscita: 07-12-2017
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I'm afraid I'm on a John Banville bender and I will not stop until I've come a little bit closer to understanding how his prose is so relentlessly good.
What forces a person to betray one’s country? Where do all the spies come from? What makes them ticking? Now, such words – spy, agent, espionage, etc. – have always given me trouble. They conjure in my mind images of low taverns and cobbled laneways at night with skulking figures in doublet and hose Leggi tutto
It took a while for the magic of this to work on me. Initially I thought Banville’s prose had the quality of bracken on a forest floor – the light picks out some beautiful tones and textures but there was a pervading sense of brittle lifelessness. I felt he wrote like someone who never leaves his st Leggi tutto
After reading something written so well, it’s a disappointment having only my own less eloquent words available to praise it. Maybe it’s better to let Banville’s passages sell themselves. I’ll get to those soon, but first a bit of context. The book, I learned only today, is a Roman a clef -- more or Leggi tutto
This is a great novel based on a blending of the lives of several real-life British men, “The Cambridge Five,” who were spies for the Soviets in the 1930’s through the 1950’s. Our main character, given the name Victor Maskell, is a gay man who found out he was gay only after being married and having Leggi tutto
ALL HIGH TALK AND LOW FROLICS: Part I ("My Other Secret Life") I first encountered the Judge, professionally, in Court. Early in my career, I appeared in the Family Court 400 times over two years. 50 or so appearances would have been before him. He was a precise and impatient judge. He had little tolera Leggi tutto
UPDATE 8/22/22 ... I have stopped reading this book again (for the last time) ... the story is impenetrable and even Banville's sparkling writing can't overcome the lack of a plot *** It seems like I have been reading this forever. The story is confusing, but the writing is glorious. Reading Banville Leggi tutto
This is my second try with John Banville. Once again, he impresses me with his ability to write nearly perfect prose and characters who are as flesh and blood and flawed as any who ever breathed, while completely boring me . That's strike two, Mr. Banville, and two is all most authors get from me. Ban Leggi tutto
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