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| Original Title: | Intimacy |
| ISBN: | 349923193X (ISBN13: 9783499231933) |
| Edition Language: | German |
Hanif Kureishi
Ebook | Pages: 252 pages Rating: 3.56 | 3754 Users | 350 Reviews
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| Title | : | Intimacy |
| Author | : | Hanif Kureishi |
| Book Format | : | Ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 252 pages |
| Published | : | 2001 by Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary |
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Hanif Kureishi's fourth novel made many reviewers uneasy on its first appearance in the U.K., because it cuts so painfully near to the bone. If a novelist's first duty is to tell the truth, then the author has done his duty with unflinching courage. Intimacy gives us the thoughts and memories of a middle-aged writer on the night before he walks out on his wife and two young sons for of a younger woman. A very modern man, without political convictions or religious beliefs, he vaguely hopes to find fulfillment in sexual love. No one is spared Kureishi's cold, penetrating gaze or lacerating pen. "She thinks she's feminist, but she's just bad-tempered," the unnamed narrator says of his abandoned wife. A male friend advises him, "Marriage is a battle, a terrible journey, a season in hell, and a reason for living."At the heart of Intimacy is this terrible paradox: "You don't stop loving someone just because you hate them." Male readers will wince with recognition at the narrator's hatred of entrapment and domesticity, and his implacable urge towards freedom, escape, even loneliness. Female readers may find it a truly horrific revelation. Kureishi is only telling it like it is, in staccato sentences of pinpoint accuracy. By far the author's best yet: a brilliant, devastating work. --Christopher Hart, Amazon.co.uk
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Ratings: 3.56 From 3754 Users | 350 ReviewsArticle Containing Books Intimacy
I would love to give this book a 5 star rating. But only one question prevents it "What if its my father?". An excellent and extremely dangerous book. Its like Sofia Cappollo and Sam Mendes sat together to write something which is a sequel to 'Lost in Translation' and a prequel to 'American beauty'. Engaging and yet edgy Mr.Kureshi has pulled off a ripper and gives us a world of emotional-sexual turmoil(Its autobiographical you see). It is so real,for example the man watches his children with
"Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love"'Intimacy' is about adult dissatisfaction and takes the form of the narrator's, Jay, extended meditation on the disintegration of his marriage. The book opens with the line ''It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back.'' and Jay goes on to explain why he is abandoning Susan, his wife, and their two young sons, aged 5 and 3 and goes on to expound his views on monogamy, parenthood, unhappiness and,
A very personal and intimate oration by a man who is about to walk out of his home and life (leaving his wife and two small children). It is well written, eloquent and thought provoking and I felt I could look at it objectively despite having no particular liking for the narrator who is self indulgent and pitiful to an extent, however in essence he is not able to live the life he has carved out for himself - some other reviewers seem to find this unbearable to read and perhaps morally wrong (but
A very personal and intimate oration by a man who is about to walk out of his home and life (leaving his wife and two small children). It is well written, eloquent and thought provoking and I felt I could look at it objectively despite having no particular liking for the narrator who is self indulgent and pitiful to an extent, however in essence he is not able to live the life he has carved out for himself - some other reviewers seem to find this unbearable to read and perhaps morally wrong (but
Upon reading this, I felt that it was quite obvious that the author wrote this book with intimate knowledge of failed relationships and break-ups. The small details really do make this story. The disagreements of how to make tea, for example which leads both the characters feeling like they want to kill each other. The wife's badgering, the narrator's air of weariness, the disconnectedness of it all ... like they're only JUST missing the target, that if they tried that little bit harder, maybe
One man pondering his life and relationships the night before he plans to leave his partner and children. Not very likeable.
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