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A collection of interwoven stories, this is a portrait of two worlds - a small Alpine village bound to the earth and by tradition, and the restless, future-driven culture that will invade it - at their moment of collision. The instrument of entrapment is love. Lives are lost and hearts broken.Tags
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Slightly disappointing compared to the first volume, just because the stories here are much less varied in tone, style and theme. That said, the novella from which the collection takes its name is stunning, and I'm sure I'll be returning to it. It's hard to write love stories that I want to read, but with 'Once in Europa,' (the story), Berger succeeds.
Otherwise, I like the 'modernity comes to the country' focus here, particularly in the short, final story, which somehow combines references to Gramsci with a love story.
Otherwise, I like the 'modernity comes to the country' focus here, particularly in the short, final story, which somehow combines references to Gramsci with a love story.
big bergerhead over here
wunderbar, text und bilder...
Ein gelungenes Werk auf allen Ebenen
Ein gelungenes Werk auf allen Ebenen
Eine berührende Geschichte über ein willenstarkes frühreifes Bauernmädchen in den französischen Alpen, über die Liebe, das Schicksal und was man daraus machen kann.
Jun 26, 2010German
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John Peter Berger was born in London, England on November 5, 1926. After serving in the British Army from 1944 to 1946, he enrolled in the Chelsea School of Art. He began his career as a painter and exhibited work at a number of London galleries in the late 1940s. He then worked as an art critic for The New Statesman for a decade. He wrote fiction show more and nonfiction including several volumes of art criticism. His novels include A Painter of Our Time, From A to X, and G., which won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize in 1972. His other works include an essay collection entitled Permanent Red, Into Their Labors, and a book and television series entitled Ways of Seeing. In the 1970s, he collaborated with the director Alain Tanner on three films. He wrote or co-wrote La Salamandre, The Middle of the World, and Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000. He died on January 1, 2017 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Once in Europa
- Original title
- Once in Europa
- Original publication date
- 1987
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