Quando cadono gli angeli. Ediz. illustrata

This book grabbed me from the very first page. Set at the turn of the century, the story takes place amidst the women's suffrage movement. Gender issues are also noted, whereas the man was the head of the household and "handled" the wife. Each character speaks individually, allowing the reader to lis Leggi tutto

این کتاب رو چند ماه پیش خوندم و فکر کردم که خب، از اون داستانهایی که بعد از تموم کردنش از یادت میره و همون سه ستاره براش کافیه. اما همون سادگی داستان بعد از چند وقت هنوز توی ذهن می مونه و اصلا نمی دونم چه ویژگی ای توی داستان باعث این اتفاق میشه. در کل تریسی شوالیه رگ خواب خواننده رو بلده و نویسنده خ Leggi tutto

When I picked the book I was intrigued by the time period and the vehicle of using several characters and their point of view to narrate the story. I read “Girl with the Pearl Earring” which I liked very much and thought the author did a marvelous job researching the period and bringing the time per Leggi tutto

Chevalier’s second novel shifts from 17th-century Delft to London between the deaths of Queen Victoria and Edward VII. A lot of the action takes place in a cemetery, much like Highgate, populated by some 30 angel monuments, one of which eventually topples. The title presumably also refers to some of Leggi tutto

Victorians were obsessed with death and sex. This book opens with the death of Queen Victoria, and ends with the death of King Edward, placing it squarely in Edwardian times, but the Victorian obsessions of death and sex are the two themes of this novel, pushing and pulling each other forward to mod Leggi tutto

به ساعت نگاه کردم درست سه و سی پنج دقیقه بود،و تمام .شاید تمام کردن و خوندن این کتاب کمتر از پنج ساعت وقتم رو گرفت اما... امان از خودم که هر چی میکشم از خودم است!سعی کردم ستاره بدم که نشد:( این کتاب کتابی است سطحی.... هم چیز بر سطحی حرکت میکند، شخصیت پردازی ها و حتی گر ها، گره گشایی ها همه و همه...م Leggi tutto