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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2019 |
| Seiten | 528 |
| Format | 19,8 cm |
| Gewicht | 366 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0141044179 |
| EAN | 9780141044170 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14104417EA |
Die intimen Tagebücher des imaginären Schriftstellers Logan Mountstuart, Sohn eines englischen Geschäftsführers einer Firma für Corned Beef und seiner uruguaischen Sekretärin, führen uns auf die Spur eines wilden Lebens von der Qualität einer Achterbahn. Anhand der Aufzeichungen des Bohemiens geht es von Uruguay nach Oxford, weiter nach Paris, den Bahamas, New York und West Afrika. Wir treffen seine drei Frauen, seine Familie, seine Freunde und Feinde, aber auch Prominenz wie Ernest Hemingway und Virginia Woolf - und nebenbei die großen Ereignisse des vergangenen Jahrhunderts ...
Kurzbeschreibung:
Any Human Heart is an ambitious, all-encompassing novel. Through the intimate journals of Logan Mounstuart we travel from Uruguay to Oxford, on to Paris, the Bahamas, New York and West Africa, and meet his three wives, his family, his friends and colleagues, his rivals, enemies and lovers, including notables such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Ernest Hemingway and Virginia Woolf.
Klappentext:
'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable' Guardian
'Full of delights' The Times
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Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and Logan Mountstuart's - stretching across the twentieth century - is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war, and as an art-dealer in '60s New York, Logan mixes with the men and women who shape his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness. Here, then, is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart.
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'A work of astonishing ventriloquistic virtuosity... brilliant' Sunday Telegraph
'Wise, profound and moving' William Sutcliffe, Independent on Sunday
'A terrific journey through the 20th century. Thoroughly entertaining and enjoy able' Guardian
'Astounding. One of Boyd's greatest achievements... A pleasure' Mail on Sunday
'Generous, witty, sneakily profound' Evening Standard
'The pleasures are endless... Supremely entertaining' Washington Post
'A fabulous book all about life. I think of Any Human Heart often - the sign of a truly great book' Fi Glover, New Statesman