Particularize Of Books Canarino
| Title | : | Canarino |
| Author | : | Katherine Bucknell |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2014 by Odyssey Editions (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Contemporary. Fiction |
Katherine Bucknell
Kindle Edition | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.69 | 32 Users | 6 Reviews
Representaion Toward Books Canarino
What price perfection?David is an American investment banker living in London; Elizabeth, his wife, is a woman of peerless beauty and refinement. They have two children; their marriage seems perfect. Why does she want him to retire and move home to America? One summer evening, David, alone in their empty mansion, receives a phone call from a long-lost friend. So begins a tale about friendship, marriage, and betrayal that is filled with unexpected reversals.
Canarino is a portrait of intimate relationships set in a world of privilege and achievement. Its characters possess personal gifts in dazzling abundance, yet their appetites to succeed, to be exceptional, tempt them to risk everything. What is the cost for the heart of seeking perfection?
In Katherine Bucknell’s first novel, beauty and passion are stalked by desolation. Like the drink of the title—boiling water over a twist of lemon peel—the prose has a sharp, delicate clarity. Beneath its polished surface lie psychological depths both uncanny and haunting. Canarino is a novel that lingers in the mind, a remarkable debut.
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| Original Title: | Canarino ASIN B00GCBJWDW |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books Canarino
Ratings: 3.69 From 32 Users | 6 ReviewsCommentary Of Books Canarino
outstanding! starts a bit quietly..but well worth the wait...literary in every sense. shakespearean for sure..Katherine Bucknell was born in Saigon in 1957 and grew up in Washington, D.C. She has degrees from Princeton, Oxford, and Columbia Universities and lives in London with her husband, Bob Maguire, and their three children.She is the editor of W.H. Auden's Juvenilia: Poems 1922-1928, four volumes of diaries by Christopher Isherwood, and The Animals, a volume of letters between Christopher IsherwoodI loved this book - maybe should give it 5 stars as I can't think of a flaw. But I may be biased toward the book as the settings match my own: born in Princeton, live in London & Virginia, summer in New England. So this booked chimed with me on those levels. I also liked the characters, especially the anti-heroine Elizabeth. She was easy to hate at first, then you develop some sympathy,and by the end - deep respect. The plot was excellent - more complex than I first thought, which is always
I have read quite a lot lately, but found myself with nothing left on my `read' list. My friend offered to lend me a book by an author that I had never heard of. To be honest if I was in a bookshop and saw this I wouldn't do more than glance at it. The front cover is not exactly the most enticing and the jacket gives little away as to the sort of book it is. I decided that I would give it a go anyway and started reading it as soon as I got home that night.Well where do I start? The first chapter
OK, a confession to begin with. I usually avoid women writers. They always seem to get too much involved in what a character is thinking, how they are feeling, and get way too much into depth on the character's motivation. And that was exactly what I found when I opened Canarino and read the first two chapters. But because this was a Goodreads giveaway, I felt obligated to give it a chance. And am I ever glad I did. This quiet book evolved into a real grabber. While, yes, there seems to be too
It started out a bit slow...but the story was good. I enjoyed the character development quite a bit. I felt like these were people we could have met out on the street.
I received this book from First Reads. At the beginning, I was a bit annoyed with the style of writing: too wordy, too many adjectives. After a while I got past that and didn't notice as much, but I think the book would be improved a bit by reducing some of the descriptions. The characters are believable; I have known people like them, particularly Elizabeth. I enjoyed most of the book but have an issue with the ending -- it didn't end. Considering the way it just stopped, I'm assuming a sequel
I loved this book - maybe should give it 5 stars as I can't think of a flaw. But I may be biased toward the book as the settings match my own: born in Princeton, live in London & Virginia, summer in New England. So this booked chimed with me on those levels. I also liked the characters, especially the anti-heroine Elizabeth. She was easy to hate at first, then you develop some sympathy,and by the end - deep respect. The plot was excellent - more complex than I first thought, which is always
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