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Work InformationBenny and Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti (1999)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Some people really liked this book, but I can't recommend it even though I did finish it. Two quirky misfit characters meet at a cemetery and have an affair. They think they fall in love but they continually misread each other, so the book is about them fighting, breaking up, making up, rinse repeat until the last page. Suis-je fleur bleue? Peut-être, car voilà une histoire d'amour, avec en plus un titre qui fait peur, à la tournure un peu trop travaillée pour être honnête, et j'ai bien aimé. et ensuite elle a souri comme une gamine en vacances. On notera toutefois qu'à la différence d'autres livres à l'eau de rose, le ton est agréable, les personnages intelligents, pas trop caricaturaux. J'ai beaucoup aimé leurs attitudes si humaines, faites d'hésitations, de regrets, mais aussi de grands beaux élans, d'humour. J'écoutais NRJ à fond sur un walkman, c'est parfait pour celui qui veut se lobotomiser sans séquelles persistantes. J'ai beaucoup moins aimé la fin qui ouvre un peu trop à mon sens à la possibilité d'une suite, et, tiens, comme par hasard, justement il y a une suite. Pffff, j'aime pas ce genre de prise en otages. Cute romance about a man and a woman who who are completely wrong for each other and (of course) end up completely right for each other. Good story but the author got them together a little too quickly, then spent the rest of the book trying to find ways to slow down the pace. I loved the character of Benny -- a loveable goof with absolutely no pretense. Shrimp came off a bit of a shrew in places; she isn't a person very sensitive to others' feelings. Good, but not really recommended. Just didn't really understand the relationship between these two. They were clearly not meant for each other. Perhaps it was misguided feelings or sheer desperation and loneliness. It is a rather short book and that is good because I'm not sure how much more I would have read about these two. The story is told in alternating voices and that lets the reader really get to know the two characters. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: The bestselling "offbeat, down-to- earth love story"(The Observer, London)â?? now available in the United States An international sensation, this addictively readable tale asks the question: Why is it so impossible to get a relationship between two middle-aged misfits to work? The answer lies in the story of Shrimp, a young widowed librarian with a sharp intellect and a home so tidy that her jam jars are in alphabetical order; Benny, a gentle, overworked milk farmer who fears becoming the village's Old Bachelor; and an unlikely love that should not be as complicated as it seems. Reminiscent of the works of Carol Shields, this quirky, humorous, beautifully told novel breathes new life into the age-old conundrum that is love. No library descriptions found.
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Depuis le décès de sa mère, Benny vit seul à la ferme familiale avec ses vingt-quatre vaches laitières. Il s'en sort comme il peut, avec son bon sens paysan et une sacrée dose d'autodérision. Chaque fois qu'il la rencontre, il est exaspéré par sa voisine de cimetière, son bonnet de feutre et son petit carnet de poésie.
Un jour pourtant, un sourire éclate simultanément sur leurs lèvres et ils en restent tous deux éblouis...
C'est le début d'une passion dévorante. C'est avec un romantisme ébouriffant et un humour décapant que ce roman d'amour tendre et débridé pose la très sérieuse question du choc des cultures.