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A Curious Earth - 9780393330977
Un libro in lingua di Gerard Woodward edito da W W Norton & Co Inc, 2008
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Left with an empty house after the death of his wife, Aldous Jones is tempted to spend the whole day sitting in his chair in the kitchen. But with admirable determination he resumes old pastimes until, one day, wandering London, he is surprised to find a painting that holds him completely in its spell. Rembrandt's portrait of his housekeeper-turned-mistress, Hendrijcke Stoffels, awakens Jones's desire for a new life, a new woman, sex, and companionship. It leads him to Belgium to stay with his bohemian son, to evening language classes, and through a series of slightly misguided relationships until eventually he meets his Hendrijcke. As The Guardian writes, this work is "brave, funny, and beautifully written, as perceptive about Rembrandt and Shakespeare as it is about evening classes, potato tubers sprouting in neglected cupboards and the accumulated detritus of family life."
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: A Curious Earth
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Gerard Woodward
- Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
- Collana: W W Norton & Co Inc (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Marzo '08
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Loneliness in old age Fiction Older men Psychology Fiction Widowers Psychology Fiction
- Pagine: 290
- Peso gr: 253
- Dimensioni mm: 208 x 139 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0393330974
- EAN-13: 9780393330977