Cold Eye of Heaven Ebook Tooltip

Afbeeldingen

Inkijkexemplaar

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • E-book
  • 9780857894168
  • 01 september 2011
  • 138 pagina's
  • Adobe ePub
Alle productspecificaties
  • Je leest ebooks gemakkelijk op je Kobo e-reader, of op je smartphone of tablet met de bol.com Kobo app. Let op! Ebooks kunnen niet geannuleerd of geretourneerd worden.

Samenvatting

Farley is dying and we are by his side. As his mind begins to move back over his 75 years, Farley takes us into his past and with the comic wit of a true Dubliner unravels his life - its loves, its losses and its betrayals - right in front of our eyes.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
E-book
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 september 2011
Aantal pagina's
138
Ebook Formaat
Adobe ePub
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Tweede Auteur
Christine Dwyer Hickey
Hoofduitgeverij
Atlantic Books

Vertaling

Originele titel
Dwyer Hickey

Lees mogelijkheden

Lees dit ebook op
Android (smartphone en tablet) | Kobo e-reader | Desktop (Mac en Windows) | iOS (smartphone en tablet) | Windows (smartphone en tablet)

Overige kenmerken

Editie
New ed.
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking hoogte
27 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
362 g

EAN

EAN
9780857894168

Je vindt dit artikel in

Taal
Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Ebook
Beschikbaar in Kobo Plus
Beschikbaar in Kobo Plus
Beschikbaarheid
Leverbaar

Reviews

1 review
1
0
0
0
0
  • Loving portrayal of an elderly Irishman

    Positieve punten

    • Fantasierijk
    • Meeslepend verhaal
    • ouder worden dementie

    Powerful, warm novel about aging in Ireland, written in reverse order, going from 2010 back to 1940. Chapter 1 finds 75-year old Farley curled on the floor of his smelly toilet floor, drifting in and out of consciousness. When lucid, he tries to remember how he ended here, what he did yesterday, reliving old memories, planning to cry out for help at daybreak when his Polish neighbor leaves for work. But he is voiceless and one side of his body feels as if it is elsewhere. The other half feels cold in the January frost…

    On the day before his stroke (Ch.2), Farley ventured unsteadily through snow-covered Dublin because of the death of his employer of 40 years, Frank Slowley. Farley wants his black suit dry-cleaned and a shoe repaired, a Mass card signed by a priest, and buy some food (at home only corn flakes and butter remain). It is a trip full of sudden arrows in his brain, impaired vision, memory loss, time leaps and awkward personal contacts.

    Chapter 3 is about Farley at 65 in 2000 on the day he retires. He learns that the partnership he secured by investing 25.000 pounds in Frank Slowley’s law firm decades ago, will not bring the expected buy out. It was a gentleman’s agreement, nothing put on paper and Frank’s son Tony now owns the company. But Farley does go to his own farewell party, gets very drunk and leaves without his coat and his farewell presents.

    CDH sketches Farley’s life from age 75 back to age 15, portraying him as an average Irishman, not the sharpest tool in the box, but capable of love, sacrifice and compassion. He is devastated after his beloved wife Martina’s early death and never remarries. Each chapter contains unforgettable snippets of dialogue or description by a sensitive and perceptive, grand writer. Instantly re-readable and highly recommended.

    Vond je dit een nuttige review?
    0
    0

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 8 euro en 99 cent.
Direct beschikbaar
Verkoop door bol
Ebook
  • E-book is direct beschikbaar na aankoop
  • E-books lezen is voordelig
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice
  • Veilig betalen
Houd er rekening mee dat je downloadartikelen niet kunt annuleren of retourneren. Bij nog niet verschenen producten kun je tot de verschijningsdatum annuleren.
Zie ook de retourvoorwaarden

Alle bindwijzen en edities (4)

  • 8,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 12,99
    Uiterlijk 28 mei in huis Tooltip
  • 14,99
    3 - 4 weken Tooltip
  • 25,34
    1 - 2 weken Tooltip

Vaak samen gekocht

  • The Narrow Land
    8,99
    Verkoop door bol
  • Last Train from Liguria
    8,99
    Verkoop door bol