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Loading... Before I Forget (2007)by André Brink
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Det hele starter med slutten og hva ble igjen? En forfatter lever sitt liv og prøver å rulle ut sitt liv en gang til for å kjenne, for å skjønne, for å ta bilder - nå uten kamera. En mann hvis liv ble å skrive, å elske endeløse antall kvinner og ikke helt å forstå eller kjenne sin mor eller fars liv. Etter at skrivingen har synes å stoppe opp, kommer to nye mennesker inn i hans liv - de bringer liv, kjærlighet, død og siden sorg. Men før det siste - speiling og erkjennelses-spenntak. Rammen er et Sør-Afrika i brutalitet, i forenkling og endelig - i endring.
Before I Forget is stitched from the memories of Chris Minaar, a 78-year-old writer, who measures out his life in love affairs. Minaar even includes among his ex-lovers a couple of women from Brink's own novels.... In the end Brink's angry, adoring attachment to South Africa is the strongest thing in this novel.
Chris Minaar is a distinguished South African writer who has lost his gift for the word. That is, until, he meets Rachel, a woman destined to become the great love of his life, a love greater for being unfulfilled. Before I Forget is the final act of Chris's creative life; it is the coming together of all the chaotic pieces of his existence. It is much more than the story of how he met Rachel; it is the story of his life and his lifetime of loves. There are brief affairs, extended affairs, even a marriage and in all of them we find Chris retelling his joys and pains in such a way that they move us to tears and beyond. Erotic, searingly honest, and a profoundly moving novel, this is the history of a life set against the history of a nation and, more than anything, a tribute to lost lovers and our very ability to love at all. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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