Baumgartner
- A tender masterpiece of love, memory and loss from one of the world’s great writers.
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- Engelsk
- 208 sider
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And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began.
'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan
'A writer whose work shines with intelligence and originality.' Don DeLillo
The life of Sy Baumgartner - noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor - has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife. Now Anna is gone, and Baumgartner is trying to live with her absence. But Anna's voice is everywhere still, in every spiral of memory and reminiscence, in each recalled episode of the passionate forty years they shared.
Rich with feeling, wit and an eye for beauty in the smallest, most transient episodes of ordinary life, Baumgartner is a luminous work - a tender final masterpiece from one of the world's greatest writers.
'A master.' The Times
What readers are saying:
***** Perfect, subtle, charming, funny and sad.
**** Well-written and compelling but also comforting, like catching up with an old friend.
**** A, beautifully-written and intelligent piece of understated introspective fiction from Auster.
Detaljer
- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal208
- Udgivelsesdato06-06-2024
- ISBN139780571384952
- Forlag Faber & Faber
- FormatPaperback
- UdgaveMain
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Anonym 07/01/2025
Meget speciel fortalt. Meget lange sætninger, men fint forståelige. Mærkelig slutning
Anonym 04/12/2024
Super bog
Anonym 30/10/2024
Så intens, så velskrevet og med så mange budskaber. En rigtig Auster-roman. Læs den og nyd den langsomt som stykker af god, fyldt chokolade.
Mogens C 28/09/2024
Typical Auster identification on whom I am,where and how I am ?..
jytte v 06/10/2024
iIkke den bedste af hans bøger.
Lisbeth J 27/09/2024
Meget smuk roman om at blive gammel, sørge , håbe på nyt liv... og have mange minder.
Jens H 15/08/2024
Smuk fortælling! Sublimt oplæst!
HanneJ 10/06/2024
Spændende rørende bog. Det er altid dejligt at læse bøger af Poul Auster.
Anonym 26/05/2024
Måske ikke Austers bedste, starter forrygende, men mister måske pusten lidt. Dog stadig en fantastisk bog, der varmt kan anbefales.
Lene H 04/05/2024
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