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Indlæser... A Fairly Honourable Defeat (1970)af Iris Murdoch
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This is one of my favourite Murdochs so far. Everyone in it is unbearable one way or another and they all treat each other awfully. It doesn't end especially well for most of them though the somewhat evil Julius seems fairly unscathed. The plot is ridiculous and relies on nobody ever having a sensible conversation, but it doesn't really matter, its wild and funny and outrageous. ( ) An interesting novel with such a small cast of characters that it seems surprising that nobody has turned it into a play. The characters have fairly staid middle-class lives until one of them for his own amusement makes them suspicious of their loved ones. Eventually he reveals all, but too late to avoid a tragedy. Notable for philosophical musings and for a sympathetic portrayal of a gay couple. Hilda y Rupert Foster son un matrimonio ya maduro, feliz y acomodado, de la clase media inglesa, que se apresta a celebrar su 20 aniversario de boda, convencido de que pocas parejas han logrado una compenetración y amor mutuo como el que ellos mantienen, a pesar del paso de los años. Hilda es una mujer sensata que disfruta como ama de casa, y Robert un funcionario con visos de filósofo a punto de terminar un libro. La fiesta de conmemoración de su aniversario, a la que solo asisten Simon, el homosexual hermano menor de Rupert, con Alex, su actual pareja, se verá interrumpida por la llegada de la hermana menor de Hilda, Morgan, que, tras haber abandonado a su marido hace ya tiempo, regresa ahora de Estados Unidos destrozada por la ruptura de su relación amorosa con Julius, un amigo común a todo el círculo de los Foster. Julius, por su parte, también ha regresado a Inglaterra, y se deja ver en el entorno de sus amigos. Personaje ambiguo y mefistofélico, urdirá un juego que, en realidad, se convierte en un experimento cruel para todos los afectados. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly. No library descriptions found. |
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