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| Title | : | Questa notte mi ha aperto gli occhi |
| Author | : | Jonathan Coe |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Universale economica |
| Pages | : | Pages: 206 pages |
| Published | : | January 2010 by Feltrinelli (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. British Literature |
Jonathan Coe
Paperback | Pages: 206 pages Rating: 3.1 | 1737 Users | 106 Reviews
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William ha poco più di vent'anni e le frustrazioni di tanti giovani: odia il suo lavoro (commesso in un negozio di dischi), la città in cui vive (Londra), e la ragazza con cui sta è molto restia a concedersi. Candido e complicato come il giovane Holden, gran tiratardi nel capire le cose del mondo, ha solo un paio di amici e divide la casa con una tipa che non incontra mai e che comunica con lui attraverso bigliettini. Il suo unico conforto è fare musica. In realtà il suo vero talento sembra essere un altro: perdere gli autobus, dire la cosa sbagliata al momento sbagliato e, soprattutto, trovarsi nel posto sbagliato al momento sbagliato. Una sera, infatti, assiste involontariamente a un delitto. La caccia agli assassini lo porterà a una sorprendente scoperta!Describe Books Concering Questa notte mi ha aperto gli occhi
| Original Title: | The Dwarves of Death |
| ISBN: | 8807721546 (ISBN13: 9788807721540) |
| Edition Language: | Italian URL http://www.feltrinellieditore.it/opera/opera/questa-notte-mi-ha-aperto-gli-occhi-1/ |
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Ratings: 3.1 From 1737 Users | 106 ReviewsAppraise About Books Questa notte mi ha aperto gli occhi
Really a 3.5, but of course goodreads won't allow that. I loved the Moz quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Whoever owned the paperback before I got it wrote a note in pencil on the first page about how they finished the book on the tube late one night and they too enjoyed the quotes. I think Coe is at his creative peak currently and I as I move backwards his stuff is still good, but not as great.Not his best
When Jonathan Coe was a young novelist still undecided between biographies and novels he has written this strange book.At that time Coe was clearly fascinated by The Smiths records, in fact all the chapters of The Dwarves of Death take their name from a Morrissey & co. song. Not to mention the italian translation of this book "Questa notte mi ha aperto gli occhi" which means "This night has opened my eyes"...Uhmmmm.What about the novel? It speaks about copycat killings in London. It shows a
Early work by Coe that is pretty disappointing as it feels like an early book all too often as Coe delivers an uneven tale about a unknown musician in the late 1980s in London who gets entangled in a murder by a pair of dwarves beat a guy to death. Considering that is at the very start of the book and then we wind our way to how that night came about, there is very little tension in THE DWARVES OF DEATH. Also, Coe introduces topics or ideas and then goes nowhere with them, unsure if that it is
Probably the most interesting plot of Jonathan Coe's early novels, but WHAT IS UP WITH THAT ENDING!!! In the end, the characters seemed more one-dimensional than they appeared initially. I was hoping for the depth that characterizes Coe's other work, but it didn't quite get there. The book was never laugh out loud funny as some of his other works are, but it still intriguing enough to follow. Oh well, at least I've finished with reading all of Coe's novels.
A three hour read, quite fun but more a sketch for a novel than the real thing.
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