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S'està carregant… Lemprière's Dictionary (1991)de Lawrence Norfolk
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Abgebrochen bei 20%. Ich mag ja auch weitschweifende Erzählungen, aber es sollte doch eine Geschichte erkennbar sein... ( ) An interesting historical/fantasy-mystery. Some outlandish and anachronistic details may be a bit much for some, but it's all good to me. One weakness is the revelation at the book's end of the true identity of one of the main characters, which is so bizarre and thematically out of step with the rest of the novel that I don't quite know what to make of it. John Lemprière, un erudito joven de Jersey, acude a Londres en 1788, tras la muerte de su padre, para reclamar su herencia. Obsesionado por la manera en que los mitos clásicos parecen irrumpir en su vida (su padre, como Acteón, ha muerto destrozado por los perros que guardaban a la virginal hija del noble del lugar mientras se bañaba desnuda; una prostituta ha sido asesinada con una lluvia de oro fundido, en una clara referencia a la seducción de Dánae por Zeus), consulta a dos sabios doctores que le aconsejan que escriba un diccionario clásico. Nonsense and very long nonsense at that. Set in the 18th century between London and Paris, the book links the East India Company, the French Revolution and Lempriere's Classical Dictionary. However the author has developed a style which values words over meaning and erudition over storyline. Try throwing in to the mix the fact that some of the central characters are autonoma while others can fly. There are so many other books that your time would be better spent elsewhere.
"It's hard to deny the scope of Norfolk's intellect and his ability to marshall a huge wealth of material into one deftly crafted whole." Early in Lempriere's Dictionary the hero's father searches for evidence of a phantom ship, and in so doing describes the defining moment of the antiquarian romance. "Somewhere in the morass of receipts, bills, bonds, affidavits and orders of acquisition which lay strewn about the room, there was a pattern. Somewhere within the pages of handwritten accounts, diaries, letters and notes ran a thread. But he could not find it. A single memorandum, a scrawl on a dog-eared endpaper might supply the link, the key to the pattern. It was here, buried here somewhere. Perhaps he had already seen it and missed its significance." Only the predestined hero, typically a studious sort, can find the thread, read correctly the signs and portents of these adult fairy tales. "Myriad wonders and pleasures abound in Lempriere's Dictionary. Not too surprisingly, Zygia, the last entry in Lempriere's actual classical dictionary, provides just the right hint to the ending of Lawrence Norfolk's superbly entertaining novel." "While his scheme misfires, he is a writer of talent who may yet write a better novel." "Wildly and wonderfully improbable, reveling in the countless allusions that feed its dark vision: a delight for classicists, historians, and any reader eager to be overwhelmed by a story. An exceptional achievement." Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsGoldmann (42596) Premis
"It is eighteenth century London and John Lempriere, a young scholar, is writing a dictionary of classical mythology in an attempt to exorcise the demons raised by his father's bizarre and violent death. While tending to his father's business affairs, Lempriere discovers a 150-year-old conspiracy that has kept his family from its share of the fabulously wealthy East India Company, Bust as John begins to untangle the years of mystery and deceit, people begin to die, in ways that mirror the very myths he is researching..." No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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