Les Voleurs de beauté

Les Voleurs de beauté

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Seien wir Männer doch mal ehrlich. Wer hat nicht schon voller Boshaftigkeit, gerade im schwellenden Sommer, bei sich im Stillen gedacht: man müsste sie doch alle einfach wegschließen können, wenn wieder eine langbeinige Schönheit ohne wenigstens ihren Blick zu schenken an einem vorbeigeschwebt ist, eben nur den betörenden Hauch ihrer warmen Haut zurücklassend?

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Paperback, 248 pages
Published 1997 by Grasset
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Bibliophile
Nu am, din nefericire, prea multe lucruri de spus despre romanul asta, tocmai pentru ca cei de la Editura Trei au avut ideea destul de proasta sa divulge, pe coperta IV, cam tot ce se intampla in carte.

Cum am zis si in cazul altor titluri, ceea ce s-a scris in peste 200 de pagini, se putea scrie in 50.

Stilul narativ e simpatic, adica,...intr-un fel, cred ca e tipic frantuzesc. Cam la fel scrie si Amelie Nothomb, cu aceleasi cuvinte, si cred, cu aceeasi constructie a frazei.
Ideea e interesanta, d...more
Ella Sunei
I read it in Romanian, and first thing I have to say, as a person who has learned some French, is that the translation has many mistakes.
Other than that, I definitely recommend the book, to anyone who wants to better understand what people mean when they talk about the very specific spirit of frenchmen.
The way all the characters are obsessed with growing old and ugly is a very well designed metaphor for how the modern society has devolved from trying to strengthen their spirit, to trying to con...more
Florian Langa
Started deceivingly, as an apparent descriptive of a downward spiral into the murky waters of sickly relationships, but evolved into an engrossing and much deeper narrative.
A drama with elements of horror, the novel tells the story of a petty thief who steals bits of beauty from the works of others to create his masterpiece, only to have everything turned against him at cosmic proportions. He is turned himself into a work of beauty, a rotting carcass decorated with the most exquisite tastes of...more
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Dorina
Χλιαρή κόπια του Lunes de Fiel. Το συνεχές και άσκοπο παραλήρημα των πρωταγωνιστών, που δεν καταλήγει πουθενά, καταφέρνει να κουράσει τον αναγνώστη. Σε 287 σελίδες αναπαράγεται ξανά και ξανά ιστορία 25 σελίδων (max). Τουλάχιστον η αφήγηση είναι εν μέρει αγωνιώδης. Βέβαια, that's a fact, αφού ο συγγραφέας εφαρμόζει το ίδιο κολπάκι (no spoilers here) που έπιασε τόπο στο Lunes de Fiel. Ίσως αν το διάβαζα Αύγουστο, παρέα με δυο μοχίτο, να είχα άλλη γνώμη.
Christina Malinka
I read this book in a few hours! The Beauty Stealers (original name Les Voleurs de Beauté, published in 1996) by Pascal Bruckner is an original and rough book, which presents the game of power between women and men, and most of all, the game of power between beautiful and ugly. The idea is extremely new (at least to me), it is strange, pessimistic, violent and sometimes just scary and the writing style is definitely french.
The novel is structured on 2 main stories: Helene & Benjamin’s story...more
Katya
Роман, скажем так, жутковатый! Сюжет интригующий. До самого конца сомневаешься, история Бенжамена - это реальность или больная фантазия психа. Многообещающее начало закончилось бредом сумасшедшего. Иначе не скажешь!
Corinne Tr
The ideea seems taken from one of those low budget movies. Honestly i kept hoping that something else will happend besides the obvious..
Mihaela Beberechi
M-a facut sa ma intreb daca lumea in care traiesc este reala.
Olga
Literatura de bulevard.
Février
Deștept franțuz.
Angela
Jul 28, 2007 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: the ones who love Bruckner
Although is a novel from which I expected more..The key word of it must be - I guess - frustration..A halucinating story, in which cruelty, perversity, hate and sufference are interchangeable into a stange puzzle..
Scarying and strange..
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After studies at the university Paris I and Paris VII, and then at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, he became maître de conférences at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, and collaborator at the Nouvel Observateur.

Pascal Bruckner began writing in the vein of the so-called "nouveaux philosophes" and counts among their best known French proponents. He published Parias (Parias), Lunes de...more
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