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Cargando... A spot of bother (2006 original; edición 2007)por Mark Haddon
Información de la obraUn pequeño inconveniente por Mark Haddon (2006)
  
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 “A Spot of Bother” isn’t nearly as audacious, and in other hands and other media, its plot elements wouldn’t amount to much, maybe a weepy nighttime soap or a lesser Steve Martin comedy. But Haddon is too gifted and too ambitious to write a hacky second novel. In fact, he’s so wondrously articulate, so rigorous in thinking through his characters’ mind-sets, that “A Spot of Bother” serves as a fine example of why novels exist. Really, does any other art form do nuance so well, or the telling detail or the internal monologue?  Just as he flawlessly mastered the voice of a boy with Asperger's in The Curious Incident, here Haddon has filled 390 pages with sharp and witty observations about family and daily life. This a superb novel, and I was shocked when it didn't made the Man Booker longlist. There may be a perfectly obvious, simple reason for its omission. After reading it though, I can't think of an explanation that's good enough.  And that's what's so surprising about A Spot of Bother: how unsurprising it is. It's never less than pleasurable to read and there are good jokes and funny situations; it's just that it never tries to be much more than good jokes or funny situations. It's not that this is a bad book - it isn't. It's amusing and brisk and charming. But readers could be forgiven for wanting - and expecting - more. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
Pasen y conozcan a la familia Hall, un entra#65533;able clan al borde de un ataque de nervios. El padre, George, afronta la jubilaci#65533;n construyendo un estudio en su jard#65533;n y haciendo la vista gorda ante la aventura de su esposa, Jean. Ella encuentra cada vez m#65533;s complicado citarse con su amante ahora que su marido anda todo el d#65533;a en casa. Para colmo, el matrimonio ve c#65533;mo sus dos hijos, el inseguro Jamie y la temperamental Katie, se han emparejado de la peor forma posible: #65533;l con otro hombre, ella con alguien que simplemente no est#65533; a la altura. A medida que se acerca el d#65533;a de la boda de Katie, todos tendr#65533;n que enfrentarse a sus miedos para poner orden en sus atribuladas vidas. Mark Haddon vuelve a mostrar su sensibilidad y humor para el retrato de personajes inolvidables en esta tragic#65533;mica historia de conflictos dom#65533;sticos en la que resulta imposible no reconocerse. Una brillante combinaci#65533;n de humor y drama como s#65533;lo el autor de El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche pod#65533;a lograr. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONAt 61, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement. His daughter is getting re-married, to a deeply inappropriate man. All the planning maddens his wife. His son's life crumbles when he fails to invite his lover to the nuptials. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. The way these damaged people fall apart, and come together as a family, is the subject of this disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely. By the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Todo transcurre alrededor de una familia, cada uno con sus problemas, y alrededor de un gran evento: la boda de la hija.
La novela engancha, y resulta interesante el personaje del padre, como poco a poco se va sumiendo en una depresión-locura. Aparte de eso, nada más que destacar. (