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Anastasia
Più modesto rispetto ad altri letti di McEwan. Nello spessore di certo (non è che Chesil Beach fosse più dilatato, in realtà, ma era decisamente più potente) e ho avuto la sensazione che lo fosse pure nelle possibilità effettive dei contenuti, e ho pure la sensazione che le possibilità effettive dei contenuti siano ridotte proprio per via del trattamento dato nel giro di 170 pagine.
La brevità non è sinonimo di trascuratezza o quel doloroso "potevi fare di più", ma in questo caso la parte più ist
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Fjóla
Jun 22, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
This is a beautiful book, filled with little word gems and acute observations on modern life, artists, responsibility, love and death. Every other page I wanted to pick up a pen and write down little snippets. I couldn't feel sympathy for any of Vernon, Garmony or George, but I felt a lot of complicity for Clive and I loved the segments on his composing and his thoughts on music, his and others.

The ending was a big let down and I could unfortunately see it coming three quarters into the book or
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Anindyta
Jan 04, 2015 rated it it was ok
Good prose, but this is like a robot read for me. I don't feel any emotion to this book. I mean, what's the point...


Or...
I'm too dumb to see the good in this.
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Beth (bibliobeth)
Jul 23, 2011 marked it as to-read
Laurentiu Lazar
Mar 21, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Tora
Apr 01, 2012 marked it as to-read
Becky Aitchison
Apr 15, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Anker
Oct 15, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Livietta
Nov 23, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Kanika
Jan 22, 2013 marked it as to-read
Ashley
Sep 14, 2013 marked it as to-read
Beth
Nov 11, 2014 rated it liked it
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Kathleen
Sep 04, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kme_17
Nov 16, 2022 rated it liked it
Kim
Mar 02, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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L4mi4
Mar 04, 2020 marked it as to-read
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