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10 obres 119 Membres 7 Ressenyes

Obres de Emmy Abrahamson

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Nom oficial
Abrahamson, Emmy Julia Carolina Kocula
Data de naixement
1976-10-20
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
Sweden
Professions
young adult writer

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Bold and modern, this tale set in Vienna, of a Swedish English Teacher and a homeless Canadian man, is an unexpectedly honest account of human relationships.
 
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Vividrogers | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Dec 20, 2020 |
Allt Alicja ville var att ha ett lugnt och skönt sommarlov. Så hur kommer det sig att hon nästan blir styckmördad, får döda grävlingar kastafde på sig, tvingas äta möglig mat, skickas till en psykolog, förråder sin bästa vän och arresteras av polisen? Inte konstigt att killen som hon är hopplöst förälskad i tror att hon är helgalen. Och visst finns det en person som är helgalen, men det är inte Alicja ...
 
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stenbackeskolan | Oct 12, 2020 |
I wanted to like this book. A romance novel featuring a homeless man as the male lead sounded quirky and different. Unfortunately the writing style was not my jam (possibly a fault of the translation, it's hard to tell) and after over 60 pages I knew I couldn't care about whatever conflict came up between the two characters. I also didn't find the first person narrator either likable or compelling enough to want to spend time with. So better luck with other readers, book.
½
 
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MickyFine | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2019 |
Julia is a Swede living in Austria where she teaches English at Berlitz. She’s in Vienna because she followed a boyfriend there; now they’ve broken up and she’s at loose ends. One day, while waiting on a park bench she meets a smelly, dirty homeless man, Ben. They enter into an easy conversation and when she gets up to leave he virtually commands her to meet him again the next evening. Thus begins their relationship.

This was a quick, fast read and mildly entertaining. I shook my head at the chances Julia took, but recognized what she saw in Ben. He was clearly intelligent, caring, giving and willing to work at the relationship. She, on the other hand, was pretty closed off to any change in routine, and visibly embarrassed by her boyfriend. They are sometimes at cross purposes and have trouble communicating clearly with one another. The plot is rather implausible, including chasing him to Vancouver and wandering aimlessly in that city on the chance she’d find him. But there is a happy ending.

All told it’s a decent chick-lit, new-adult romance.

As an afterward, there is both an interview with the author, AND an essay by Abrahamson’s husband ... who was homeless when she met him on a park bench in Amsterdam. But THIS is a novel, not a memoir.
… (més)
 
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BookConcierge | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Oct 11, 2018 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
10
Membres
119
Popularitat
#166,388
Valoració
3.2
Ressenyes
7
ISBN
45
Llengües
6

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