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For Alec, an independent businessman and classic car aficionado, life has been a series of lies that he has told himself and the people around him. Raised by a stay-at-home mother, and a father who worked on the line at an automotive factory in the Greater Toronto Area, Alec sets himself up as an interior designer. His success, he believes, is due as much to his talents as to the false impression he creates among his clients: he is a fashionable and trendy gay man, well-known in his world. Sumintra, or 'Sue', as she calls herself, does not chafe at her parents' expectations for her, as she lives a separate and secret life. When she meets Alec at a classic car show, their private worlds connect and they fall in love. The trouble for them is that they have public lives that are contrary to their personal hopes and fears. In a short novel that resembles Coetzee's Disgrace in both the elegance of its writing and its emotional impact, Neil Bissoondath has forged the finest novel of his career.… (más)
Información procedente del Conocimiento común francés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
On a raison d'affirmer que le secret est l'âme des grands desseins. Il est peut-être plus utile de taire nos propres intentions que de découvrir celles de notre ennemi. -- Caleb C. Colton, pasteur anglais, 1780-1832
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común francés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Pour Anne, qui me rappelle que la vie est une aventure, et pour Élyssa, qui apporte à cette aventure un éclat particulier.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común francés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Tout le monde a des secrets. J'en ai un, moi. Pas vous ? Loin, très loin, un secret enfoui au tréfonds de votre âme, comme on dit ?
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común francés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
J'ai toujours admiré le rite de la confession catholique. Si je comprends bien, il s'agit de révéler ses péchés les plus secrets à une personne qui vous donnera l'absolution, mais qui ne peut rien contre vous. En pratique, c'est comme si vous n'aviez rien dit. Et pourtant, vous avez éprouvé le frisson de l'aveu. C'est là le grand avantage du secret : avoir le plaisir de raconter une histoire divertissante à un inconnu qui ne peut pas vous nuire. Chacun en profite à sa façon. Après tout, maintenant que je vous ai dévoilé mes secrets, les vôtres ne vous semblent-ils pas moins lourds à porter ?
For Alec, an independent businessman and classic car aficionado, life has been a series of lies that he has told himself and the people around him. Raised by a stay-at-home mother, and a father who worked on the line at an automotive factory in the Greater Toronto Area, Alec sets himself up as an interior designer. His success, he believes, is due as much to his talents as to the false impression he creates among his clients: he is a fashionable and trendy gay man, well-known in his world. Sumintra, or 'Sue', as she calls herself, does not chafe at her parents' expectations for her, as she lives a separate and secret life. When she meets Alec at a classic car show, their private worlds connect and they fall in love. The trouble for them is that they have public lives that are contrary to their personal hopes and fears. In a short novel that resembles Coetzee's Disgrace in both the elegance of its writing and its emotional impact, Neil Bissoondath has forged the finest novel of his career.
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