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Nicholas Shakespeare

Autor/a de Bruce Chatwin

23+ obres 1,953 Membres 49 Ressenyes

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Nicholas William Shakespeare is a British novelist and biographer who was born on March 3, 1957, in Worcester. He attended Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He worked as a journalist for BBC Television and later as an arts and literary editor for "The Times". He soon after began mostra'n més his writing career. His first books include The Men Who Would Be king: A Look at Royalty in Exile, Londoners, and The Vision of Elena Silves. His later works include Inheritance, Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin, and Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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L'amor en els temps del còlera (1985) — Introducció, algunes edicions27,658 exemplars
The Songlines (1987) — Introducció, algunes edicions3,525 exemplars
A la Patagònia (1977) — Introducció, algunes edicions3,250 exemplars
Cakes and Ale (1934) — Introducció, algunes edicions1,946 exemplars
Voss (1957) — Introducció, algunes edicions1,403 exemplars
Granta 43: Best of Young British Novelists 2 (1993) — Col·laborador — 177 exemplars
Waugh Abroad: The Collected Travel Writing (2003) — Introducció — 143 exemplars
Granta 74: Confessions of a Middle-Aged Ecstasy Eater (2001) — Col·laborador — 140 exemplars
Granta 62: What Young Men Do (1998) — Col·laborador — 140 exemplars
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Col·laborador — 138 exemplars
Ox-Tales: Earth (2009) — Col·laborador — 85 exemplars
Oxtravels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers (2011) — Col·laborador — 57 exemplars
Writers on writing (2002) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
The Best Australian Essays 2002 (2002) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
The Best Australian Essays 2004 (2004) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
The Best Australian Stories 2003 (2003) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
The Best Australian Essays 2001 (2001) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars
The Best Australian Stories 2008 (2004) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars
The Best Australian Essays 2003 (2003) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars

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Well written but unsatisfying as a coherent story. At this remove, nearly forty years, the fervour of Marxist terrorists is difficult to comprehend. The novel doesn't uncover anything much in way of motivations and commitment to the bloody cause of the two main protagonists. Twenty years in prison for Gabriel, and the same length of time in a convent for Elena are considerations that don't seem to resonate with the lovers or, at least, they are not touched upon.
The vision itself is hurriedly explained away in a rather farcical way at the end. At the end of the book, the feeling of hopelessness establishes itself firmly. There is just no redeeming feature to any character stuck beside the river in a town called Belén (Bethlehem).
Aside from this, Nicholas Shakespeare writes well and with intelligence.
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ivanfranko | Aug 31, 2023 |
I gave up on this book at the halfway point.

The structure of the book is really scattered. The author tries to weave his personal situations (e.g. the birth of his son) into the already complicated story of the island of Tasmania, but he makes abrupt shifts and leaves out context which make the whole book feel like a jumble.

Among the fluff and nonsense are some nice anecdotes about the island that stick in the memory. These give a narrow but interesting view of Tasmania.
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blueskygreentrees | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jul 30, 2023 |
some cool shining path stuff..the sickos
 
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Mcdede | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jul 19, 2023 |
At heart a simple tale of a thwarted love in late middle age. The story takes place in Abyla an enclave on the African shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. Often comic, with stock figures, not least of whom is Thomas Wavery, the out-of-favour British Consul.
The story clears itself once the parade of characters is developed. Then, among the side issues of construction of a tunnel to Europe, and an impending Royal Visit, the Consul's ardent hope that a new relationship will develop with a visit from his recent love drives the plot.
An imaginative, informed and moving novel.
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ivanfranko | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Apr 28, 2021 |

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Membres
1,953
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