Every Man For Himself: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 1996
Autor Beryl Bainbridge Introducere de Amanda Craigen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2002
Four days into her maiden voyage, RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank within 20 minutes, killing 1500 people. Here the story of the lost four days is told by Morgan, the nephew of the owner of the shipping line, his fate linked to the mysterious Scurra who remarks that it's "every man for himself".
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349108704
ISBN-10: 0349108706
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 131 x 196 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349108706
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 131 x 196 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
A narrative both sparkling and deep . . . the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing
Beryl Bainbridge's masterly vision of the Titanic's voyage, Every Man for Himself, which won the Whitbread and was a finalist for the Booker Prize in 1996 . . . Bainbridge's ability to distill, and almost disguise, major ideas in brisk and seamless prose allows her to tell the story of the Titanic in fewer than two hundred pages
The novel swiftly takes us back to the beginning of the Titanic's first and last trans-Atlantic cruise, so immersing us in the rarefied world of the first-class passengers - their mix of uncommon sensitivity and appalling snobbishness - that we come to know them very well . . . the real story is the impending, irrevocable fate that awaits so many of the passengers . . . It is difficult to imagine a more engrossing account of the famous shipwreck than this one
Extraordinary . . . a wholly new and highly individual work of art . . . beautifully written
Bainbridge's masterpiece
Marvellous . . . exquisite pacing . . . stunning descriptions
A meticulously observed account that almost offhandedly convinces the reader that this is exactly what it must have been like aboard the doomed line . . . In a few deft strokes Bainbridge shows the gulf between the steerage passengers and the "nobs" while communicating the alternating servility and resentment of the crew. The book is nearly over before disaster strikes, but once again, the unnerving details seem just right: the careless self-confidence at the beginning, the gallantry quickly eroding to panic. Bainbridge's swift, economical novels tell us more about an era and the ways in which its people inhabit it than volumes of social history
Bainbridge's masterpiece
For four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sails towards New York, glittering with luxury, freighted with millionnaires and hopefuls. In her labyrinthine ppassageways are played out the last, secret hours of a small group of passengers, their fate sealed in prose of startling, sublime beauty, as Beryl Bainbridge's haunting masterpiece moves inexorably to its known and terrible end.
'Brilliant . . . do not miss this novel' Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph
'Extraordinary . . . both a psychologically convincing re-creation and a wholly new and highly individual work of art . . . beautifully written' Independent
'A moving, microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' Erica Wagner, The Times
'Marvellous . . . exquisite pacing . . . stunning descriptions' Independent on Sunday
'Darkly Brilliant . . . a rare and remarkable novel' Observer
'Bainbridge's masterpiece' Evening Standard
Extraordinary... a wholly new and highly individual work of art... beautifully written INDEPENDENT Marvellous... exquisite pacing... stunning descriptions INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY A narrative both sparkling and deep... the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing SUNDAY TIMES Bainbridge's masterpiece EVENING STANDARD
Beryl Bainbridge's masterly vision of the Titanic's voyage, Every Man for Himself, which won the Whitbread and was a finalist for the Booker Prize in 1996 . . . Bainbridge's ability to distill, and almost disguise, major ideas in brisk and seamless prose allows her to tell the story of the Titanic in fewer than two hundred pages
The novel swiftly takes us back to the beginning of the Titanic's first and last trans-Atlantic cruise, so immersing us in the rarefied world of the first-class passengers - their mix of uncommon sensitivity and appalling snobbishness - that we come to know them very well . . . the real story is the impending, irrevocable fate that awaits so many of the passengers . . . It is difficult to imagine a more engrossing account of the famous shipwreck than this one
Extraordinary . . . a wholly new and highly individual work of art . . . beautifully written
Bainbridge's masterpiece
Marvellous . . . exquisite pacing . . . stunning descriptions
A meticulously observed account that almost offhandedly convinces the reader that this is exactly what it must have been like aboard the doomed line . . . In a few deft strokes Bainbridge shows the gulf between the steerage passengers and the "nobs" while communicating the alternating servility and resentment of the crew. The book is nearly over before disaster strikes, but once again, the unnerving details seem just right: the careless self-confidence at the beginning, the gallantry quickly eroding to panic. Bainbridge's swift, economical novels tell us more about an era and the ways in which its people inhabit it than volumes of social history
Bainbridge's masterpiece
For four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sails towards New York, glittering with luxury, freighted with millionnaires and hopefuls. In her labyrinthine ppassageways are played out the last, secret hours of a small group of passengers, their fate sealed in prose of startling, sublime beauty, as Beryl Bainbridge's haunting masterpiece moves inexorably to its known and terrible end.
'Brilliant . . . do not miss this novel' Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph
'Extraordinary . . . both a psychologically convincing re-creation and a wholly new and highly individual work of art . . . beautifully written' Independent
'A moving, microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' Erica Wagner, The Times
'Marvellous . . . exquisite pacing . . . stunning descriptions' Independent on Sunday
'Darkly Brilliant . . . a rare and remarkable novel' Observer
'Bainbridge's masterpiece' Evening Standard
Extraordinary... a wholly new and highly individual work of art... beautifully written INDEPENDENT Marvellous... exquisite pacing... stunning descriptions INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY A narrative both sparkling and deep... the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing SUNDAY TIMES Bainbridge's masterpiece EVENING STANDARD
Notă biografică
Beryl Bainbridge wrote seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and won literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.