Concluding
-
-
٤٫٠ - ٢ من التقييمات
-
-
- 9٫99 US$
-
- 9٫99 US$
وصف الناشر
Henry Green considered Concluding the finest of all his books
Concluding—set in a single summer day—has at its heart old Mr. Rock, a famous retired scientist: he lives in a cottage on the grounds of a girl’s boarding school. Living with him is Elizabeth, his somewhat unstrung granddaughter; his white cat; his white goose; and Daisy, his white pig. Miss Edge and Miss Baker—the two inseparable spinster harpies who run the school—scheme to dislodge him from the cottage. Concluding opens with the discovery that two of the schoolgirls have vanished in the night: searching, eavesdropping, worrying, jostling, and giggling all ensue. A love affair, a dance, that magnificent pig, small joys, and low ambitions all stream together, crowding up to the reader’s eye, as Henry Green brews up an enchanting, heartbreaking, and darkly sunny novel.
مراجعات العملاء
Another Masterpiece by Green
Wow!! I’ve never read a book where I reread so many passages. Absolutely stunning. The last section, the annual celebration dance, is a amazing piece of work. As Mr. Rock gets ready to speak to Edge, I was as ready for the interaction as I might have been in some pivotal scene in a Le Carre novel. And it was such an ordinary encounter. But the build up, with all the stated and unstated pursuits, the misunderstandings, the comically sinister intentions, the pettiness, was so brilliantly stitched together in preparation. This is a perfect novel.