Sinossi
Tornano alcuni personaggi de "La banda dei brocchi" e di "Circolo chiuso": Benjamin e Lois Trotter e i loro amici, che ritroviamo qui ormai alle prese con le grane dell'età che avanza. Ma l'attenzione del nuovo tragicomico romanzo si concentra sui membri più giovani della famiglia Trotter, come la figlia di Lois, Sophie, ricercatrice universitaria idealista, che dopo un matrimonio poco probabile fatica a rimanere fedele al marito, soprattutto da quando le rispettive idee politiche si sono fatte sempre più distanti. Intanto la nazione sfrigola e questioni come il nazionalismo, l'austerità, il politicamente corretto e l'identità politica incendiano il dibattito e gli animi.
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- Pagine: 398
- Data di uscita: 15-11-2018
Recensioni
Middle England revisits characters from Coe’s earlier novels The Rotters’ Club and The Closed Circle – I suppose the three books could be said to form a loose trilogy – and follows them from 2010 to the present day. Their experiences are juxtaposed with a wealth of political developments and Leggi tutto
Too long. Far, far, far too long. Also, the enormous amount of time that Coe spent describing the major British political and social events of the past ten years frequently left me wondering whether this was a novel or a short history of modern Britain. Altogether a deeply frustrating read.
Επιτέλους ένα βιβλίο για το σήμερα, με όλες τις ανησυχίες, τις σκέψεις κ τα προβλήματα μιας κοινωνίας ανοιχτής, που μεταλλάσσεται σε κλειστοφοβική κ εχθρική στο διαφορετικό. Η Αγγλία του σήμερα που σταδιακά, όσο κυλά η ανάγνωση, γίνεται η Ευρώπη κ τελικά ο κόσμος, η ιστορία του οποίου κάνει κύκλους Leggi tutto
First off, Middle England is the third book in Jonathan Coe’s Rotter’s Club series but I’ve not read either The Rotter’s Club or The Closed Circle and you don’t need to either if you’re thinking of picking this one up; it works fine as a standalone piece but maybe if you’ve read the previous two boo Leggi tutto
Ο Jonathan Coe γράφει ένα βιβλίο γύρω από το δημοψήφισμα για το Brexit. Είχα μια επιφύλαξη ότι μπορεί να είναι πολύ προπαγανδιστικό, υπερβολικά στρατευμένο, όμως ο Coe προσεγγίζει το θέμα με τη γνωστή του συνταγή: χιούμορ και ευαισθησία, με μια δόση νοσταλγικης αναπολησης. What's not to like, εν ολί Leggi tutto
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