Lo stato dell'unione

I’m trying to understand why a marital Brexit might be a great opportunity for you. A bit on the short side, but I will have whatever new project Nick Horny has to offer. I’ve been a long-time fan of his quirky and charming brand of humour and I don’t much care if this is just an under-developed fi Leggi tutto

Ten short chapters filled with a couple’s witty repartee as they sit in a bar across the street from their therapist’s office and you’ve got yourself a clever little book.

Mit dieser sehr dialoglastigen Geschichte, die schon fast ein Theaterstück darstellt, habe ich zwar wieder einmal etwas völlig anderes bekommen, als ich bei der Bestellung vermutet hätte, aber diesmal hat die unerwartete alternative Ausführung sogar mehr Charme als meine ursprünglichen Vorstellungen Leggi tutto

Nick Horny does it again; he brings us in to the human heart and does not let go. Hornby's latest novel is a voyeuristic look at a marriage in crisis. Each week Tom and Louise meet at a pub across from their marriage counselor. There they discuss what brought them to this point and what each needs to Leggi tutto

State of the Union is the eighth novel by award-winning British author and Bafta winner, Nick Hornby. Tom and Louise are having marital therapy. The state of their marriage is the result of a number of things including, but not limited to, “a spot of infidelity”. Tom is an unemployed music critic; L Leggi tutto

★★1/2 A couple experiencing serious marital problems meet at a bar across from their marriage counsellor & discuss their problems prior to their sessions. This happens in 10 parts, hence the name. State of Union is filled almost entirely with dialogue & minimal description, in fact it probably would'v Leggi tutto

Apparently, this was originally simply the scripts for the new Showtime series of ten 10-minute segments bearing the same title, that Hornby then (barely) novelized, since the book itself is 96% dialogue, with some very minimal 'stage directions' thrown in occasionally. That wouldn't be so terrible, Leggi tutto

Nick Hornby has been making quite a name for himself in film and television. Did you enjoy the movie versions of Wild , An Education and Brooklyn ? He is responsible for the screenplays of all three of those. State of the Union has already been made into a TV series, too, and reads a lot like a script Leggi tutto

Nick Hornby is my soulmate. I love every word he's written. The only thing wrong with this is that it's too short! It's also a new format -- not a novel, but a teleplay. So it's all dialogue with some stage direction. But nobody does middle class middle-aged angsty dialogue like Nick Hornby, so every Leggi tutto

I could have continued being a voyeur on Tom and Louise's pre-counseling pub visits, for at least another 2 months ;) Hornby does it again - giving us smart, charismatic, and appealing writing. It's fun read, and ideal for anyone who's been in a long term relationship. The character's snarky, yet co Leggi tutto