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Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

A ​stowaway aboard Noah's Ark gives us his account of the Voyage – a surprising, subversive one, quite unlike the official version – which explains a lot about how the human race has subsequently developed. A guest lecturer on a cruise ship in the Aegean has his work interrupted by a group of mysterious visitors who place him in a cruel dilemma. An ecclesiastical court in medieval France hears a bizarre case …Barnes creates a kaleidoscope of narrative voices – from fiction and fact, painting and snatches of autobiography – that comes slowly and compellingly into focus.
'You will want to read it again and again, and why not? There's nothing around to touch it' – Anne Smith, „Literary Review.”
'There is more moral and intellectual fodder, and more jokes, here than you will read in a month of Sundays …storytelling and teaching which captivate, liberate, and above all, enchant' – „Financial Times.”
'Funny, ironic, erudite, surprising, and not afraid to take a dive… (tovább)

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 1989

Tartalomjegyzék

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Vintage, London, 2011
320 oldal · ISBN: 9780307797865
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Picador, London, 1990
310 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 0330313991
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Vintage, London, 1990
320 oldal · ISBN: 9780679731375

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Kedvencelte 2

Most olvassa 1

Várólistára tette 8

Kívánságlistára tette 3


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Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

A legjobb Barnes regény. Tényleg. Sosem értettem, hogy ha négyszer jelölték Booker Prize-ra, amiből egyszer meg is kapta, akkor ezt a könyvét miért nem?
Persze biztos megkérdezi valaki a végén, hogy most akkor mi is volt a lényege ennek a 11 (jó, legyen 10 és fél, ha ragaszkodunk hozzá) mesének (különben önmagukban is megállják a helyüket), de mivel Barnes szereti hangoztatni a kedvenc Flaubert idézetét különböző interjúkban, én is ezt teszem: „The desire to reach conclusions is a sign of human stupidity.”


Népszerű idézetek

zabpehely>!

I imagine a phonic conspiracy between the world's languages. They make a conference decision that the phrase must always sound like something to be earned, t be striven for, to be worthy of. Ich Liebe dich: a late-night, cigarette-voiced whisper, with that happy rhyme of subject and object. Je t'aime: a different procedure, with the subject and object being got out of the way first, so that the long vowel of adoration can be savoured to the full.

Dömdödöm>!

When I die, I don't want to go to Heaven, I want to go shopping in America.

sajtospizza>!

Blame someone else, that’s always your first instinct. And if you can’t blame someone else, then start claiming the problem isn’t a problem anyway. Rewrite the rules, shift the goalposts.

1. fejezet

sajtospizza>!

History isn't what happened. History is just what historians tell us.

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Dandelion>!

The history of the world? Just voices echoing in the dark; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade; stories, old stories that sometimes seem to overlap; strange links, impertinent connections.


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