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Indlæser... Past Imperfect (2009)af Julian Fellowes
   Top Five Books of 2023 (525) Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  Natt90 | Mar 28, 2023 |   What an under-appreciated writer (even given the multiple Emmys and Academy award); he is extraordinarily gifted. This book was a pleasure to read. (  ) clsnyder | Dec 30, 2022 | - This is how it is "now" - This is different than it was "then"Â - Which is different than it was before "then"Â - Which was derived from a different time before "before"Â - Oh right. Back to "now"Â. Where was I? I made it 80 pages. Verdict? Donated. (  ) ilkjen | Jan 21, 2022 | As a social historian Fellowes is unmatched. He is remarkably astute when examining changing generational attitudes and trends and his attention to detail is flawless. This is neither a lament for times past, nor a criticism of the culture but a sociological study in the style of Downton Abbey, illustrating the cultural changes for the British upper classes (Fellowes calls them "toffs") in the second half of the 20th century. Very well done, beautifully written. (  )2  VivienneR | Mar 20, 2018 | ) TerryLewis | Jun 12, 2017 |
Embedded in the detailed descriptions of how the upper classes lived 40 years ago is a slimline plot. Damian Baxter, old, rich and lonely, is dying. Summoning an old enemy (once his closest friend) he concocts a Recherche du Temps Perdu mission among the debs he once slept with to find a child he may have fathered. His final act will be a coup de foudre for the family of this child, but Baxter plans to cushion the blow by leaving his fortune to his only offspring. There are five ex-debs with children of the right age and the hapless narrator finds them one by one. What he discovers is that their lives now highlight the ways the world has changed, and they all seem to have a soft spot for Baxter. This is gruelling as he nurses a resentment against the man himself, the cause of which is revealed only at the end. This is a book for a hot winter beach, an escape from life as we know it. Fellowes does us a huge favour in chronicling the world of class-bound aristocrats and their arcane snobbery. But in revealing their priorities, he gives us much to be grateful for in our own society now.
Wishing to track down a past girlfriend who claims he had fathered her child, the rich and dying Damian Baxter contacts an old friend from his days at Cambridge. The search takes the narrator back to 1960s London, where everything is changing--just not always quite as expected. No library descriptions found. |
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A partir de una carta anónima que Damian recibió de una de sus antiguas novias, en la que se le da a entender que llegó a tener un hijo, el narrador se compromete a encontrar a su vástago.
La búsqueda nos sumerge en el extraordinario ambiente social de la Temporada de Londres en plenos años sesenta, donde familias aristocráticas intentaban encontrar buenos partidos para sus hijas, mientras que alguien aderezaba con marihuana los brownies de las fiestas que se celebraban en el museo de cera. Fue un tiempo en el que todas las cosas parecían estar en continuo cambio -y así era, aunque no siempre en la dirección esperada.