The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
Autor William Boyden Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iun 2018
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmothdepicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations and loss-of-nerve that wickedly complicate it. These funny, surprising and moving stories are a resounding confirmation of Boyd's powers as one of our most original and compelling storytellers.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0241979765
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. His first novel, A Good Man in Africa (1981), won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Somerset Maugham Prize. His other bestselling novels include Any Human Heart, Restless and Sweet Caress. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.
Recenzii
Like stealing badges, like shucking oysters, once you have one of these stories you can't stop. Lights out was after midnight
Clever and, yes, cinematic
The stories, as is often the case with Boyd, are packed with characters whose lives are upended by random upheavals
Unfailingly amusing and clever
In a 2008 essay, Boyd explained that writing short stories gives him a welcome chance "to change habits, to experiment, to take risks, to try out different voices". And in the best stories here, it's a chance he takes full advantage of, serving up an impressive variety of settings and protagonists
Highly entertaining
Boyd is dependably a master of what's most true: an always elegant realist whose characters will get under your skin
No one charts the highs and lows of the human condition like Boyd
A riveting short story collection from one of the best
Varied, entertaining
Spiky, sparking and simply brilliant
Enjoyably spot-on
What Boyd does so mesmerisingly...is make the insignificant utterly significant...you are confronted by the full force of Boyd's undeniable talent for storytelling, as he inventively plays with time and form, and infuses his prose with themes of lust, love and emotional incompetence
William Boyd is arguably one of Britain's finest living writers...compelling and highly entertaining
He is a skilled and humorous storyteller, and his pleasure in exploring life's uncertainties is apparent
Boyd delights in themes of deceit and getting one over on the competition...such finely-honed prose
Quite brilliant. There has been no decline in the wit, the style, the precise observation
These stories, by one of Britain's most compelling authors about how the post is inescapable - from random encounters to impulsive acts - is funny and surprising
Smart, funny and compelling
Descriere
A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunion to lovelorn first encounter. And, at the heart of the book, a 24-year old young woman, Bethany Mellmoth, embarks on a year-long journey of wishful and tentative self-discovery.
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations and loss-of-nerve that wickedly complicate it. These funny, surprising and moving stories are a resounding confirmation of Boyd's powers as one of our most original and compelling storytellers.