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Carregando... The Absolutist (edição: 2012)de John Boyne
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Excellently written novel about friendship, guilt, loss, cowardice, love, hate, and war. Nothing in the plot was predictable, and I enjoyed this thoroughly. ( ) Septiembre de 1919. Tristan Sadler, de veintiún años, coge un tren de Londres a Norwich para devolverle a Marian Bancroft las cartas que ésta escribió a su difunto hermano, Will, durante la Gran Guerra. Will y Tristan tuvieron una relación íntima, pero las cartas son sólo el pretexto de la visita. En realidad, Tristan guarda un doloroso secreto en lo más hondo de su ser, un secreto que está dispuesto a compartir con la hermana de su amigo, si finalmente consigue reunir el valor necesario. El pacifista es una novela de heroísmo, amor y traición en el universo moralmente nebuloso de la guerra. En un entorno donde imperan la crueldad y la sinrazón, dos jovencísimos soldados libran una amarga batalla contra la complejidad de sus emociones. Su amistad, primero en el campo de instrucción y después en las trincheras del norte de Francia, trae consigo la intensa luz del autoconocimiento y la felicidad, pero también las tinieblas del desconcierto y el dolor. The Great War is over, it's 1919 and twenty year old Tristan is travelling to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian, the sister of his old army buddy Will, who was shot in the War for treason. The story is told by Tristan over three timeframes, the War, 1919 and 1979. The characters are strong, the plot riveting, and there are quite a few plot twists. The friendship between Tristan and Will is explored in detail as is their falling out with each other and the terrible events that lead to Will's execution. A compelling read. In 1919, Tristan Sadler is on a train traveling from London to Norwich to deliver a packet of letters to Marian, sister of his friend, Will Bancroft, who died in the Great War. Tristan was seventeen when he enlisted in the British Army after being disowned by his family. At training camp, he and Will shared a romantic connection. Tristan hopes to find the courage to tell Will’s sister the story of what happened to her brother and of his own role. We also gain insight into Tristan’s early years. Marian is in a quandary herself and we learn about her situation. This story is told in alternating time frames between post-war 1919 and wartime 1916 from Tristan’s first-person perspective. It takes a look at the morality of war. Several conscientious objectors are key players in this tragedy. There were apparently different types of objectors. A conscientious objector will not fight but agrees to serve in other ways. An absolutist takes a hard line and refuses to serve the war effort in any capacity. Will takes a stand for what he believes is right, and his family suffers the consequences. The book covers a lot of territory. We gain deep insight into the psychological profiles of the main characters (Tristan, Will, and Marian). It addresses themes such as identity, betrayal, courage, cowardice, loss, guilt, and grief. It also explores family dynamics, social pressures, and the changing roles for women. It would lend itself well to a book group discussion.
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It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will-from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and it will stay with them long after they've finished. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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