- Taschenbuch: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage (24. Juni 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679761616
- ISBN-13: 978-0679761617
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,2 x 2 x 20,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 237.341 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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British novelist Barnes (Flaubert's Parrot, 1985) uses his considerable wit to decipher the various wars--political, social, cultural--that seem, by his report, to keep life in England worth living. (Or anyway, worth watching.) The essays collected here, written originally for the New Yorker, mostly analyze protracted current conflict that seems unlikely to find resolution and, for that reason, bulges out helplessly into story: legendary French-English animosity, hardly scuppered by the 1994 unveiling of the Channel Tunnel (and chronicled in Barnes' "Froggy! Froggy! Froggy!" ); the struggle of the English royals to maintain dignity amid domestic comic melodrama ("Traffic Jam at Buckingham Palace" ). Barnes inadvertently shows why the British tend to make such ingenuously commanding narrators. He does it by dint of moral outrage, curiosity, and/or whimsy--uttering a word like seminonspineless nonchalantly; observing, "Rare is the landed viscount who desires an enigma in hornbeam for his own private puzzlement." Too much outrage can be a fetter, as in Barnes' uncharacteristically blunt piece on Salman Rushdie and the fatwa. But mostly, his comments work like a pleasant whiplash. Molly McQuade
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With brilliant wit, idiosyncratic intelligence, and a bold grasp of intricate political realities, the celebrated author of Flaubert's Parrot turns his satiric glance homeward to England, in a sparkling collection of essays that illustrates the infinite variety of contemporary London life.
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The writing is clean and purposeful. You never feel like you're reading an article or newspaper feature, but more gripping prose. The wit and very english dryness is incredibly effective at captivating the reader. You feel yourself cringing at the truths and shocked at the revelations, but at the turn of a page you'll be quietly laughing to and at yourself. A great book to read anywhere.
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Blithe & Cheeky
2. Oktober 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
Julian Barnes is never cowed by the seeming smallness of subject; he turns it into a tiny gem. Conversely, he is willing to go all sails unfurled into vast global matters. There is a great deal more politics in the collection than I expected. Mr. Barnes must be former Prime Minister Thatcher's bête noir for he ever so elegantly lacerates her at every turn. However, since the political letters are highly topical and they were written between 1991 and 1994, it is a bit like reading yesterday's newspaper.
He fares much better when musing over a small happenings or events. Somehow he sparks our interest and amusement in such unlikely subjects as Building Mazes or the First World Championship Chess Match Held in Great Britain. I think he is at his best and wittiest when discussing traits of his fellow Englishmen. In his letter "Froggy, Froggy" talking about the lack of understanding between the average Brit and the French cast of mind: "The bickering legacy of history is exacerbated on the British side by the poverty of geography. Britain has only France as its obvious neighbor, while France may divert itself with three other major cultures-Spain, Italy, and Germany. Beyond France's southern shore lies Africa; beyond Britain's northern shore lie the Faeroe Islands and many seals. Small wonder, then, that we think about the French much more than they think about us. The British are obsessed by the French, whereas the French are only intrigued by the British."
"Letters From London" can be enjoyed in small parcels, a letter at a time or read straight through. Highly pleasurable for anyone who is even a minor anglophile.
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dry wit
25. Januar 2000
Format:Taschenbuch
The writing is clean and purposeful. You never feel like you're reading an article or newspaper feature, but more gripping prose. The wit and very english dryness is incredibly effective at captivating the reader. You feel yourself cringing at the truths and shocked at the revelations, but at the turn of a page you'll be quietly laughing to and at yourself. A great book to read anywhere.
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Not Like Any Letters I have Read
16. Januar 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
This collection of "letters" by Mr. Julian Barnes, are actually a collection of articles that he wrote during his 5 years as the London Correspondent for The New Yorker Magazine. His predecessor held the position for over half a Century. However if judged by the quality of this collection of work, tenure is in no way related to talent. A book's preface is rarely mentioned as a great piece of writing. This preface is, and that's before the true collection begins.
If you have never read a work by Mr. Barnes, this would be a great place to begin. I have read almost all of his work, and this series of articles or short stories are really tremendous. I don't know how writers feel about the topic, but it would seem to be more difficult to be constrained by actual events, than having the ability to let their imaginations fill their books. Mr. Barnes takes some topics that are truly mundane on the surface, and transforms them into extremely clever pieces.
One of the comments on the jacket commented the table of contents alone justified the price of the book. A bit of hyperbole perhaps, but they are clever and more often than not lead to subjects that are very distant from what a first glance may suggest. "MPTV" gives his take on how one of the older operating institutions of Democracy is changed when cameras put the MP'S on public display. "Britannia's New Bra Size" has nothing to do with undergarments, but is full of his unique wit on the peculiarities of British Bureaucracy and the imaginative ways it consumes years.
His pen strays From England to France, The United States, and the Nation's Leaders. He is even handed with his crisp wit, but he never sinks to levels lower than his subjects have generally sunk before him.
I also enjoy the writing and humor of Christopher Buckley. If you do as well you will enjoy Mr. Barnes. He is certainly a British Practitioner of the art of satire, and while I never have heard a satisfactory explanation of what "British Humor" is, this man excels at it.
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