The Lie
Autor Helen Dunmoreen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 mar 2015
În Anglia de după Primul Război Mondial, timpul pare să se fi oprit într-o stare de convalescență dureroasă, unde liniștea rurală maschează cicatrici care refuză să se închidă. Descoperim aici o atmosferă încărcată de ecourile tranșeelor, în care personajele încearcă să navigheze printr-un prezent fracturat de pierderi și de greutatea unor adevăruri nespuse. Dunmore, H: Lie nu este doar o cronică a unei epoci, ci o explorare subtilă a modului în care supraviețuirea depinde uneori de o țesătură fragilă de decepții autoimpuse. Cine a citit Care and Management of Lies, The de Jacqueline Winspear va recunoaște aici acea tensiune domestică dublată de datoria morală față de cei plecați pe front, însă Dunmore, H: Lie se distinge printr-o melancolie mai profundă și un stil narativ mai contemplativ, axat pe nuanțele psihologice ale vinovăției. Subliniem finețea cu care autoarea construiește relațiile dintre personaje, transformând „minciuna” dintr-un act de trădare într-un mecanism de protecție necesar. Ritmul este așezat, lăsând spațiu cititorului să simtă greutatea fiecărui cuvânt și a fiecărei tăceri, într-o perioadă în care lumea încerca să învețe din nou cum să trăiască în pace.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780802123480
ISBN-10: 0802123481
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 141 x 207 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Grove Atlantic
ISBN-10: 0802123481
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 141 x 207 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Grove Atlantic
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De ce să citești această carte
Pentru cititorii de beletristică istorică ce apreciază proza rafinată și studiile de personaj profunde. Dunmore, H: Lie oferă o perspectivă emoționantă asupra modului în care traumele colective ale războiului se infiltrează în cele mai intime spații ale vieții private. Este o lectură despre reziliență și despre costul ascuns al păstrării aparențelor într-o lume care și-a pierdut inocența.
Despre autor
Helen Dunmore a fost o scriitoare britanică de o rară versatilitate, fiind poetă, romancieră și autoare de literatură pentru copii. Recunoscută pentru abilitatea sa de a evoca perioade istorice tensionate cu o sensibilitate aparte, Dunmore a câștigat prestigiosul Orange Prize for Fiction pentru romanul „A Spell of Winter”. Opera sa este marcată de o atenție deosebită acordată detaliului senzorial și complexității relațiilor umane, elemente care se regăsesc din plin și în Dunmore, H: Lie. Stilul său liric transformă adesea peisajul într-un personaj activ, reflectând stările interioare ale protagoniștilor săi.
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“Lyrical and haunting...With this novel, Dunmore should rank high among writers like Kipling who explore war, its aftermath, and its lies.”—Washington Independent Review of Books
“A poignant reminder that throughout history, the battle is far from over after a soldier returns home....As this impeccable and finely wrought literary tale winds to a chilling conclusion, readers will themselves be haunted by its evocative portrayal of a life-defining friendship and loss.”—Bookpage
Published during the centenary of World War One to astonishing reviews and selected as a Richard and Judy Summer 2014 Book Club Pick in the UK, The Lie is a spellbinding tale of love, remembrance, and deception, set before, during and immediately after World War I, from Orange Prize-winning author, Helen Dunmore.
Daniel Branwell has survived the First World War and returned to the small Cornwall fishing town where he was born. As he struggles to make a living in the aftermath of war, Daniel is drawn deeper and deeper into the traumas of the past and memories of his dearest friend and his first love. Set in France during the First World War and in postwar England, The Lie is a deeply moving and mesmerizing story from one of our most preeminent storytellers.
“Devastating and triumphant...wholly satisfying. Endings are often the hardest beast for an author to tame, but Dunmore does it, with elegance, vigor and clarity.”—The Denver Post
“Heartbreaking.”—Kirkus Reviews
“[A]moving and complex novel...Dunmore does a superb job of capturing her lead’s inner torment, even as his story creeps toward a shattering conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)
“A poignant reminder that throughout history, the battle is far from over after a soldier returns home....As this impeccable and finely wrought literary tale winds to a chilling conclusion, readers will themselves be haunted by its evocative portrayal of a life-defining friendship and loss.”—Bookpage
Published during the centenary of World War One to astonishing reviews and selected as a Richard and Judy Summer 2014 Book Club Pick in the UK, The Lie is a spellbinding tale of love, remembrance, and deception, set before, during and immediately after World War I, from Orange Prize-winning author, Helen Dunmore.
Daniel Branwell has survived the First World War and returned to the small Cornwall fishing town where he was born. As he struggles to make a living in the aftermath of war, Daniel is drawn deeper and deeper into the traumas of the past and memories of his dearest friend and his first love. Set in France during the First World War and in postwar England, The Lie is a deeply moving and mesmerizing story from one of our most preeminent storytellers.
“Devastating and triumphant...wholly satisfying. Endings are often the hardest beast for an author to tame, but Dunmore does it, with elegance, vigor and clarity.”—The Denver Post
“Heartbreaking.”—Kirkus Reviews
“[A]moving and complex novel...Dunmore does a superb job of capturing her lead’s inner torment, even as his story creeps toward a shattering conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)
Recenzii
Praise for THE LIE:
"Lyrical and haunting...With this novel, Dunmore should rank high among writers like Kipling who explore war, its aftermath, and its lies. At the culmination of The Lie, we are left with a reflection on how war for many soldiers does not end with treaties or returns to bucolic homes and old loves, but continues with the ghosts of those who died on the battlefield always there, haunting them—and us all."—Washington Independent Review of Books
"A piercing look at the long and lingering tentacles of war...Dunmore writes with elegant authority, her language crisp and tense."—Entertainment Weekly
"A poignant reminder that throughout history, the battle is far from over after a soldier returns home....As this impeccable and finely wrought literary tale winds to a chilling conclusion, readers will themselves be haunted by its evocative portrayal of a life-defining friendship and loss."—Bookpage
"Devastating and triumphant...wholly satisfying. Endings are often the hardest beast for an author to tame, but Dunmore does it, with elegance, vigor and clarity."—The Denver Post
"[A]moving and complex novel...Dunmore does a superb job of capturing her lead’s inner torment, even as his story creeps toward a shattering conclusion."—Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)
“[A] tender tale… subtle and enduring...A quiet tragedy… a poet's feeling for language shines through the descriptions of the landscape…in this novel Dunmore has wreaked tenderness out of tragedy, so that the reader is left with the sense that something beautiful, however fleeting, has been salvaged from the darkness.”—The Observer (UK)
“Heartbreaking… the emotional power resonates.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Distinguished by the sensual, compact intensity of Dunmore’s prose, The Lie lays bare on its local canvas the invisible wounds of a global catastrophe.”— Independent (UK)
“The Lie is a fine example of Dunmore’s ability to perceive the long vistas of history in which the dead remain restless…It is a book in which ghosts, perhaps, remain imaginary: but they are none the less real for that.”—Guardian (UK)
“Helen Dunmore’s two resources are imagination and research. She’s strong on both counts…a very good novel. 2014 is a very good year to read it.”—The Times UK)
“Visceral and elegantly plotted.”—Daily Mail (UK)
“An enthralling novel of love and devastating loss… Powerful storytelling.”—Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month
“Orange-prize winning author Helen Dunmore explores the relationship between two First World War soldiers: Daniel, who survived, and his childhood friend Frederick, who died, plus Daniel’s ambiguous bond with Fredericks’ sister Felicia. A dark and haunting exploration of grief and guilt.”—Sunday Express, Hot Books for 2014
“Famed for her searing accounts of the siege of Leningrad and its aftermath, Helen Dunmore moves to England after the First World War in The Lie. She chronicles the struggle of a young man without family and homeless amid the quiet landscape of Cornwall, trying to escape his memories of trench warfare.”—Daily Express, Top titles for 2014
“Exceptionally good.”—Western News
“The writing, even at its most harrowing, is suffused with poetry and evocative description…a heart-wrenching portrait of psychological crucifixion.”—Literary Review
“An extraordinarily affecting novel…crunchingly powerful…what’s most heartbreaking about the novel is the hesitant, awkward intimacy between Daniel and Felicia.”—Reader's Digest
“Exciting…the four year wait for this new novel promises to be well worth it.”—The Upcoming.com, Five books to watch out for in 2014
“A stunning, understated novel that breathes with authenticity…Surely a must for all the prize lists.”—Bookseller
“An enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK’s most acclaimed storytellers… If you only read one novel in 2014 set during WWI, this must be the one.”—Absolutely West
Praise for Helen Dunmore:
“Dunmore captures how a single moment can change the course of a life.” —Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly
“Dunmore’s carefully observed stories demonstrate her ear for language and her eye for the telling moment.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Her writing is both elegant and revealing.”—The Seattle Times
“Dunmore’s rich writing [is] by turns muscular and poetic.”—The Washington Post
“When reading Dunmore, there is always the consolation of being with a fine mind.” —The Houston Chronicle
"Lyrical and haunting...With this novel, Dunmore should rank high among writers like Kipling who explore war, its aftermath, and its lies. At the culmination of The Lie, we are left with a reflection on how war for many soldiers does not end with treaties or returns to bucolic homes and old loves, but continues with the ghosts of those who died on the battlefield always there, haunting them—and us all."—Washington Independent Review of Books
"A piercing look at the long and lingering tentacles of war...Dunmore writes with elegant authority, her language crisp and tense."—Entertainment Weekly
"A poignant reminder that throughout history, the battle is far from over after a soldier returns home....As this impeccable and finely wrought literary tale winds to a chilling conclusion, readers will themselves be haunted by its evocative portrayal of a life-defining friendship and loss."—Bookpage
"Devastating and triumphant...wholly satisfying. Endings are often the hardest beast for an author to tame, but Dunmore does it, with elegance, vigor and clarity."—The Denver Post
"[A]moving and complex novel...Dunmore does a superb job of capturing her lead’s inner torment, even as his story creeps toward a shattering conclusion."—Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)
“[A] tender tale… subtle and enduring...A quiet tragedy… a poet's feeling for language shines through the descriptions of the landscape…in this novel Dunmore has wreaked tenderness out of tragedy, so that the reader is left with the sense that something beautiful, however fleeting, has been salvaged from the darkness.”—The Observer (UK)
“Heartbreaking… the emotional power resonates.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Distinguished by the sensual, compact intensity of Dunmore’s prose, The Lie lays bare on its local canvas the invisible wounds of a global catastrophe.”— Independent (UK)
“The Lie is a fine example of Dunmore’s ability to perceive the long vistas of history in which the dead remain restless…It is a book in which ghosts, perhaps, remain imaginary: but they are none the less real for that.”—Guardian (UK)
“Helen Dunmore’s two resources are imagination and research. She’s strong on both counts…a very good novel. 2014 is a very good year to read it.”—The Times UK)
“Visceral and elegantly plotted.”—Daily Mail (UK)
“An enthralling novel of love and devastating loss… Powerful storytelling.”—Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month
“Orange-prize winning author Helen Dunmore explores the relationship between two First World War soldiers: Daniel, who survived, and his childhood friend Frederick, who died, plus Daniel’s ambiguous bond with Fredericks’ sister Felicia. A dark and haunting exploration of grief and guilt.”—Sunday Express, Hot Books for 2014
“Famed for her searing accounts of the siege of Leningrad and its aftermath, Helen Dunmore moves to England after the First World War in The Lie. She chronicles the struggle of a young man without family and homeless amid the quiet landscape of Cornwall, trying to escape his memories of trench warfare.”—Daily Express, Top titles for 2014
“Exceptionally good.”—Western News
“The writing, even at its most harrowing, is suffused with poetry and evocative description…a heart-wrenching portrait of psychological crucifixion.”—Literary Review
“An extraordinarily affecting novel…crunchingly powerful…what’s most heartbreaking about the novel is the hesitant, awkward intimacy between Daniel and Felicia.”—Reader's Digest
“Exciting…the four year wait for this new novel promises to be well worth it.”—The Upcoming.com, Five books to watch out for in 2014
“A stunning, understated novel that breathes with authenticity…Surely a must for all the prize lists.”—Bookseller
“An enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK’s most acclaimed storytellers… If you only read one novel in 2014 set during WWI, this must be the one.”—Absolutely West
Praise for Helen Dunmore:
“Dunmore captures how a single moment can change the course of a life.” —Gillian Flynn, Entertainment Weekly
“Dunmore’s carefully observed stories demonstrate her ear for language and her eye for the telling moment.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Her writing is both elegant and revealing.”—The Seattle Times
“Dunmore’s rich writing [is] by turns muscular and poetic.”—The Washington Post
“When reading Dunmore, there is always the consolation of being with a fine mind.” —The Houston Chronicle
Notă biografică
Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children¿s author and poet who will be remembered for the depth and breadth of her fiction. Rich and intricate, yet narrated with a deceptive simplicity that made all of her work accessible and heartfelt, her writing stood out for the fluidity and lyricism of her prose, and her extraordinary ability to capture the presence of the past.
Her first novel, Zennor in Darkness, explored the events which led D. H. Lawrence to be expelled from Cornwall on suspicion of spying, and won the McKitterick Prize. Her third novel, A Spell of Winter, won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996, and she went on to become a Sunday Times bestseller with The Siege, which was described by Antony Beevor as a `world-class novel¿ and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the Orange Prize. Published in 2010, her eleventh novel, The Betrayal, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and The Lie in 2014 was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the 2015 RSL Ondaatje Prize.
Her final novel, Birdcage Walk, deals with legacy and recognition ¿ what writers, especially women writers, can expect to leave behind them ¿ and was described by the Observer as `the finest novel Helen Dunmore has written¿. She died in June 2017, and in January 2018, she was posthumously awarded the Costa Prize for her volume of poetry, Inside the Wave.
Her first novel, Zennor in Darkness, explored the events which led D. H. Lawrence to be expelled from Cornwall on suspicion of spying, and won the McKitterick Prize. Her third novel, A Spell of Winter, won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996, and she went on to become a Sunday Times bestseller with The Siege, which was described by Antony Beevor as a `world-class novel¿ and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the Orange Prize. Published in 2010, her eleventh novel, The Betrayal, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and The Lie in 2014 was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the 2015 RSL Ondaatje Prize.
Her final novel, Birdcage Walk, deals with legacy and recognition ¿ what writers, especially women writers, can expect to leave behind them ¿ and was described by the Observer as `the finest novel Helen Dunmore has written¿. She died in June 2017, and in January 2018, she was posthumously awarded the Costa Prize for her volume of poetry, Inside the Wave.
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Cornwall, 1920, early spring. A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family. Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life.
Cornwall, 1920, early spring. A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family. Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life.