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I terribili segreti di Maxwell Sim
I terribili segreti di Maxwell Sim | Jonathan Coe
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9 marzo 2009, Aberdeenshire, Scozia: commesso viaggiatore viene trovato nudo e in coma etilico nella sua auto, nel bel mezzo di una bufera di neve. Nel bagagliaio due scatoloni pieni di spazzolini da denti ecologici. Cos accaduto? Com arrivato fin l? Torniamo indietro di poche settimane. Maxwell ha quarantotto anni e sta attraversando un periodo difficile, sembra aver toccato il fondo: appena separato, in cattivi rapporti con il padre, incapace di comunicare con la sua unica figlia, capisce che nonostante i suoi settanta amici su Facebook non ha nessuno al mondo con cui condividere i suoi problemi. Non avendo pi niente da perdere, decide di accettare una curiosa opportunit di lavoro: un viaggio da Londra alle isole Shetland per pubblicizzare uninnovativa marca di spazzolini ecocompatibili. Si mette in macchina con mente aperta, le migliori intenzioni e la voce amica del navigatore come compagnia. Ben presto si accorge che il viaggio prende una direzione pi seria, che lo porta nei luoghi pi remoti delle isole britanniche, ma soprattutto nei pi profondi e bui recessi del suo passato.
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Minervasbutler
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The protagonist of this book follows in that long British tradition of self-deluded comic narrators which includes Pooter, Bertie Wooster, Adrian Mole and Alan Partridge though the laughs are darker here and Coe is excellent on our need for human contact amidst the scary marvels of technology. The descriptions of contemporary Britain are spot on and although the ending may irritate some I actually thought it worked pretty well.

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Lol

CSeydel 😂😂Although, in his defense ... there IS a rabbit in Watership Down. But it‘s not American, so no points. 7y
Minervasbutler @CSeydel lol. More than one tbh ;) 7y
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Sarah83
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Ein schönes Buch über das Leben & seine Probleme. Ein Mann wird von seiner Frau verlassen & begibt sich danach auf psychische & physische Reise auf der Suche nach sich selbst. Er begegnet Menschen, die ihm bei dieser Entwicklung helfen und das ganze kommt nicht ohne Augen zwinkern aus. 😊 Das Ende hat mir letztlich aber nicht so ganz gefallen, daher nur ein so-so. Auf jeden Fall ein Tipp für alle Harold Fry Fans.

Ein weiteres Buch für #LitsyAtoZ

Sarah83 A lovely book about life and its problems. A man is left by his wife, after that he starts a psychological and physical journey through his life. He meets several people on this journey, who all help him, to get through this development. 7y
Sarah83 The story is cheated with little winks, so the story is most of the time quite funny and nice to read. For me it ended up with so-so, because I didn't like the end of the book. But I must say, I really recommend this book to readers, who loved Harold Fry. 😊 7y
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Bambolina_81 What are those gorgeous books in the background? 😍 7y
Eyelit Nice review! That owl is adorable! 7y
Sarah83 @Bambolina_81 It is a special edition of Meyer's encyclopedia. 😊 7y
Sarah83 @Eyelit thank you. 😉 7y
BarbaraBB Sounds like a real Coe, nice! 7y
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Sonntag Nachmittag auf Couch 😍

Sunday afternoon on my couch 😍

Bambolina_81 Perfect 😊 7y
Sarah83 @Bambolina_81 yes it is and it's a book of my #litsyatoz challenge and not another book like the weeks before. 😇 7y
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"you are a person, who doesn't change his life because of a book." "Why should I change my life because of a book?", I asked. "Real things change life. A marriage, a child's birth." " I talk about reaching new horizons." she replied. " The extension of the awareness." ???

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Sarah83
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Ich liebe es, wenn er laufende Erzählfluss aufgebrochen wird, um einen Brief oder Zeitungsartikel oder oder einfließen zu lassen. 😍

I love it, if the story is interrupted by a letter or by a newspaper article or something like that. 😍

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Sarah83
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So nachdem ich rumgetrödelt habe, muss ich mal endlich mit #LitsyAtoZ voran kommen, das Jahr ist ja nicht mehr so lange. 😉 Bin gespannt, ob es im Stil von #HaroldFry ist. 🤔

I haven't done much for #LitsyAtoZ in the latest time, so I have to hurry up, as the year doesn't last long any more. 😉 I'm excited, if this book will remind me of #HaroldFry. 🤔

#LetterU
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