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(3.93) | 1 / 1144 | On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.… (més) |
▾Recomanacions de LibraryThing  ▾Recomanacions dels membres  11 0rbtanger: I know that the Library Thing Recommendations aren't always completely spot-on, but I just want to say that if I were writing the recommend list, The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood would be top of the list. These books have so many similarities that it's hard to count them all.… (més) browner56: Two superbly crafted explorations of the cathartic power that comes from the act of writing. 143 The English Patient de Michael Ondaatje (ecureuil, Johanna11)111 Brideshead Revisited de Evelyn Waugh (readerbabe1984)80 Birdsong de Sebastian Faulks (BookshelfMonstrosity)70 Suite francesa de Irène Némirovsky (Queenofcups)50 The Go-Between de L. P. Hartley (burneyfan)30 L'Aniversari secret de Kate Morton (joririchardson)joririchardson: Both books begin with a young girl witnessing a crime of sorts that will powerfully affect her own life and the lives of her family members. Both books also are set in England during World War II. 20 The Outcast de Sadie Jones (JeaniusOak, BookshelfMonstrosity)BookshelfMonstrosity: These character-driven literary novels set in 20th-century England offer haunting, reflective narratives of secrets, shame and guilt. In each, children make decisions or perform actions that have unintended, tragic consequences and lasting repercussions.… (més) 21 Accusation de Catherine Bush (ShelfMonkey)10 El que resta del dia de Kazuo Ishiguro (sturlington)43 El déu de les coses petites de Arundhati Roy (kiwiflowa, Othemts)10 The Wars de Timothy Findley (mountebank)00 No Time for Romance de Lucilla Andrews (Usuari anònim)00 El cinquè en joc de Robertson Davies (librorumamans)librorumamans: Also a look at the consequences of a childhood crime. For me, though, Fifth Business is better crafted and a more complex examination. 00 L'últim adéu de Kate Morton (kethorn23)11 Rules of Civility de Amor Towles (BookshelfMonstrosity)BookshelfMonstrosity: Atonement, like Rules of Civility, paints a picture of events that instantly turn characters' worlds upside down. Also set in the 1930s, it highlights the lingering opulence of the age and how that can disappear amid tragedy. 44 Catch-22 de Joseph Heller (rosylibrarian)01 What Katy Did de Susan Coolidge (MarieSeltenrych)MarieSeltenrych: A wonderful work of literary prose that I can still remember, over 50 years after reading it. It gives the reader a glimpse into a different world that inspired my imagination and even my life. 01 A Map of the World de Jane Hamilton (ainsleytewce)12 La Casa de Riverton de Kate Morton (starfishian)
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Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua. Novels and movies, being relentlessly modern, propel you forwards or backwards through time, through days, years or even generations. But to do its noticing and judging, poetry balances itself on the pinprick of the moment. Slowing down, stopping yourself completely, to read and understand a poem is like trying to acquire an old-fashioned skill like drystone walling or trout tickling. How much growing up do you need to do? It wasn’t only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you. A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame. Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can ever quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly the same slight emphasis on the second word, as though she were the one to say them first. He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract. The anticipation and dread he felt at seeing her was also a kind of sensual pleasure, and surrounding it, like an embrace, was a general elation--it might hurt, it was horribly inconvenient, no good might come of it, but he had found out for himself what it was to be in love, and it thrilled him. (p313) For all the fine rhythms and nice observations, nothing much happens after a beginning that has such promise. (p349) She was calm as she considered what she had to do. Together, the note to her parents and the formal statement would take no time at all. Then she would be free for the rest of the day. She knew what was required of her. Not simply a letter, but a new draft, an atonement, and she was ready to begin.
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▾Descripcions del llibre On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. ▾Descripcions provinents de biblioteques No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. ▾Descripció dels membres de LibraryThing |
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