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Love is Blind

B-format
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
384 Seiten
Englisch
Penguin Books UKerschienen am02.05.2019
'The ultimate in immersive fiction . . . magnificent' Sunday Times'Highly readable, entirely engaging and frequently funny' Observer'Perfectly pitched . . . A deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination' Guardian Book of the WeekAround the turn of the twentieth century young pianist Brodie Moncur quits Edinburgh's slate skies for the lights of Paris, his preacher father's words of denunciation ringing in his ears. There he joins forces with the fiery Irish virtuoso John Kilbarron and together the pair take Europe by storm.But when he falls for Kilbarron's lover - the mesmerizing Russian soprano Lika Blum - Brodie quickly realizes that the tide has turned and he must flee across a continent, haunted by his love for Lika, and pursued by the vengeful wrath of his rival.'A giddying read . . . his most immersive historical novel to date' Daily Telegraph'Elegant and affecting. A racing fin-de-siècle romance' The Times'Boyd's talents as a rollicking storytelling [are] full on display in this historical blockbuster' Metromehr
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Klappentext'The ultimate in immersive fiction . . . magnificent' Sunday Times'Highly readable, entirely engaging and frequently funny' Observer'Perfectly pitched . . . A deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination' Guardian Book of the WeekAround the turn of the twentieth century young pianist Brodie Moncur quits Edinburgh's slate skies for the lights of Paris, his preacher father's words of denunciation ringing in his ears. There he joins forces with the fiery Irish virtuoso John Kilbarron and together the pair take Europe by storm.But when he falls for Kilbarron's lover - the mesmerizing Russian soprano Lika Blum - Brodie quickly realizes that the tide has turned and he must flee across a continent, haunted by his love for Lika, and pursued by the vengeful wrath of his rival.'A giddying read . . . his most immersive historical novel to date' Daily Telegraph'Elegant and affecting. A racing fin-de-siècle romance' The Times'Boyd's talents as a rollicking storytelling [are] full on display in this historical blockbuster' Metro
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-241-29592-2
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum02.05.2019
Seiten384 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht268 g
Artikel-Nr.48865472
Rubriken
GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent Sunday Timesmehr

Autor

William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.