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Cargando... Loyalties (1985)por Raymond Williams
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Kollektivroman om en gruppe engelske akademikere og arbejdere og deres skæbner fra 1937 til 1984 set på baggrund af deres tilknytning til socialismen og i lyset af aktuelle politiske begivenheder. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As the novel moves forward we follow different characters heading off to fight for the International Brigade in Spain, and then against the Nazis during World War II. Peace brings different challenges with the nationalisation of the coal industry. Meanwhile Georgi, Norman and Emma rise within the Labour P.arty and start to achieve positions of relative power. However, individual agendas start to draw them apart, and personal ambition has to compete with ties of love and affection.
The story is cleverly crafted though perhaps unnecessarily long. Williams' own political beliefs emerge quite clearly, and one is certainly left wondering to what extent his own life was blighted by personal treachery.
All in all this seemed a sound novel though it is also a pale challenger to James Robertson's "And The Land Lay Still" when it comes to portraying a national political odyssey though the annals of family life. ( )