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Cargando... Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (edición 2010)por Helen Simonson, Peter Altschuler (Narrador)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. La vida transcurre apaciblemente en el idílico pueblecito inglés de Edgecombe St. Mary, cuyos habitantes son defensores de la tradición y las viejas costumbres, como las partidas de caza o las fiestas temáticas en el club de campo. Sin embargo, para el mayor Pettigrew, militar retirado, viudo, hombre flemático y cultivado, dotado de un gran sentido del honor, la rutina diaria está a punto de sufrir un notable vuelco. Cuando recibe la noticia de la súbita muerte de su hermano, Pettigrew halla consuelo en la discreta señorita Ali, que regenta la pequeña tienda de ultramarinos del pueblo y con quien el mayor apenas ha intercambiado unas pocas palabras hasta entonces. De ascendencia paquistaní y diez años más joven que él, Ali también ha enviudado recientemente y tiene que hacer frente a las presiones del clan familiar, capitaneado por un arisco sobrino que aspira a quitarle las riendas del negocio. Ambos son amantes de la vida soliaria, de los poemas de Kipling y de la taza de té perfecta, y se sienten irremediablemente atraídos. Mas, esta tímida e incipiente relación no tardará en revolucionar a medio pueblo y amenazará con causar verdaderos estragos, sobre todo, tras la aparición de Roger, hijo del mayor y alto ejecutivo de la City londinense.
Simonson .. is having a great time with her first novel. She is unsparing in her willingness to send up her characters and their little village, and she is often downright funny – that intelligent kind of funny that catches readers by surprise and makes them re-read a sentence several times to figure out how the author managed to make them laugh out loud so unexpectedly.The book is almost always pitch-perfect in its demonstration of how ridiculous our small ignorances can be – and how magnificent we are when we rise above them. This thoroughly charming novel wraps Old World sensibility around a story of multicultural conflict involving two widowed people who assume they're done with love. The result is a smart romantic comedy about decency and good manners in a world threatened by men's hair gel, herbal tea and latent racism..When depicted by the right storyteller, the thrill of falling in love is funnier and sweeter at 60 than at 16. The stakes are higher, after all, and the lovers have stored up decades of peculiarities and anxieties As with the polished work of Alexander McCall Smith, there is never a dull moment but never a discordant note either. Still, this book feels fresh despite its conventional blueprint. Its main characters are especially well drawn, and Ms. Simonson makes them as admirable as they are entertaining. They are traditionally built, and that’s not just Mr. McCall Smith’s euphemism. It’s about intelligence, heart, dignity and backbone. “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” has them all. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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