A Love of Reading Reviews of Contemporary Fiction【電子書籍】[ Robert Adams ]

＜p＞Every year, Robert Adams prepares a series of five reviews of contemporary novels, to be delivered alone on a theatre stage to sold-out audiences in Toronto and Montreal. In ＜em＞A Love of Reading＜/em＞ Adams has now gathered 18 of his most brilliant reviews, from ＜em＞Jack Maggs＜/em＞ by Peter Carey and ＜em＞The Poisonwood Bible＜/em＞ by Barbara Kingsolver, to ＜em＞A Fine Balance＜/em＞ by Rohinton Mistry and ＜em＞Barney’s Version＜/em＞ by Mordecai Richler. In them he skillfully interweaves a nimble and entertaining discussion of plot, theme, and characterization with fascinating historical, biographical, and literary context. He is repeatedly drawn to the spectacle of less-than-perfect humans making their way in a hostile world, and as a result a review by Robert Adams is almost always a hugely satisfying mix of rich pathos and abundant humour.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Famously, Adams reads a book a day, from which he selects only those novels that are truly extraordinary, that have made him see some part of ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る