false 1783750 11 A beautifully wrought and unlikely love story, exploring the power of storytelling 3247794 6 3 2008 A Partisan's Daughter total:266|5:11|4:73|3:91|2:69|1:22| 266 780 464 87 4 2 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 06:12:10 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 06:18:04 -0700 2008 It starts a bit slowly and initially the characters are not entirely sympathetic, but as the veils...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 09 15:36:12 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 16:00:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:30:53 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:38:30 -0700 2009
The story revolved around Chris, a middle-ager Brit, and Roza, a Yugoslav girl. Chris was in an unhappy marriage with "the Great White Loaf." He was seeking a prostitute when he ran into Roza on the street and mistaken her for one (well, we'r...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 05:18:02 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 05:18:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:30:32 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:46:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 09:05:34 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:20:25 -0800 2008 A Partisan's Daughter is the latest novel by Louis de Bernieres, the first since Birds Without Wings. It is a very small novel, almost a novella. Set in the late 70s and early 80s, it is the story of a young Serbian woman, Roza, who is living illegally in Britain and Chris, a middle-aged traveling s...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:31:27 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:54:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 08:42:37 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 18:29:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 19:48:45 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 10:10:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 09:27:54 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 12:41:04 -0700 2009
The place: Late 70s London, as Callaghan's government slides to defeat and Thatcher takes ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 16:25:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 16:25:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 06:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 06:00:00 -0800 2009 London Times)—also meditates on the art and power of storytelling and the myths of East versus West. However, critics observed that de Bernières spends ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 15:14:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 15:26:39 -0800 2009
It's all right, but nothing special. Why make it out to be some big fancy mystery when the mystery is totally impertinent to the plot? It's a total waste of tension. Or, would-be tension, there wasn't exactly to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 07:51:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 10:23:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 05:16:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 02:41:58 -0700 2009
Chris, a middle aged man, meets Roza when he mistak...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:59:49 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:03:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 21:36:45 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 21:36:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 01:42:23 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 14:49:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 07 11:33:58 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:35:41 -0800 2009 Thu May 07 11:33:58 -0700 2009
I finished this book last night. I read from 8-11:30 and finished the last half (it's a quick read). There is a surprise that is supposed to happen a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 24 12:12:17 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 21 10:17:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1783750