David Gilmour Bibliographie
Unser allerbestes Jahr
253 Seiten, Gegenwartsliteratur: sohn, filme, vater, erziehung, schule
Eltern sind auch nur Menschen. Und was macht man mit einem Sohn, der nicht mehr in die Schule gehen möchte? David, der Vater, schlägt Jesse einen ungewöhnlichen Handel vor: freie Kost und Logis, aber drei Filme pro Woche. Von Truffaut über Hitchcock bis h
(159 Bibliotheken, 4 Leser, 46 Rezensionen)
Flexibler Einband: 253 SeitenErschienen bei: Fischer Taschenbuch, 2010
Genre: Gegenwartsliteratur
ISBN: 9783596182244
The Film Club
248 Seiten, Historische Romane: filme, englisch
It was an unconventional deal: Jesse could leave school, sleep all day, not work, not pay rent - but he had to watch three films a week...of his father's choosing. Week by week, side by side, father and son watch the world's best (and occasionally worst) films - from "True Romance" to "Chungking Express", "A Hard Day's Night" to "Rosemary's Baby", "Showgirls" to "La Dolce Vita". The films get them talking - about girls, music, heartbreak, work, drugs, money, love, friendship - and they open doors to a young man's interior life at a time when parents are normally shut out. Gradually, the son develops from a chaotic teenager into a self-assured young adult, but as the film club moves towards its bittersweat and inevitable conclusion, Jesse makes a decision which surprises even his father..."The Film Club" is a book that goes straight to the heart. Honest, unsparing and poignant, it is the true story of one man's attempt to chart a course for his beloved son's rocky passage into adulthood.
(6 Bibliotheken, 2 Leser, 0 Rezensionen)
Flexibler Einband: 248 SeitenErschienen bei: Ebury Press, 2008
Genre: Historische Romane
ISBN: 9780091924522
Die perfekte Ordnung der Dinge
252 Seiten, Gegenwartsliteratur: krieg und frieden, beatles, toronto, kananda, kanada
Sehr melancholischer Roman!
Die perfekte Ordnung der Dinge (O-Ton: The perfect Order of Things) von David Gilmour ist der zweite autobiografische Roman nach „Unser allerbestes Jahr“, ein Rückblick auf sein Leben als Schriftsteller und Filmkritiker. Hier
(14 Bibliotheken, 0 Leser, 2 Rezensionen)
Fester Einband: 252 SeitenErschienen bei: Fischer, S, 2011
Genre: Gegenwartsliteratur
ISBN: 9783100278234
The Pursuit of Italy
446 Seiten, Sach-/Fachbuch:
Visiting a villa built by Lorenzo de Medici outside Pisa, David Gilmour fell into conversation about the unification of Italy with a distinguished former minister: '"You know, Davide," he said in a low conspiratorial voice, as if nervously uttering a heresy, "Garibaldi did Italy a great disservice. If he had not invaded Sicily and Naples, we in the north would have the richest and most civilized state in Europe." After looking round the room at the other guests, he added in an even lower voice, "Of course to the south we would have a neighbour like Egypt."' These words stayed in the author's mind for a long time. The dream of a unified Italy, how and why it has never been more than a dream, became the subject of a book he has been thinking about and writing for the last twenty years. Was the elderly Italian right? "The Pursuit of Italy" traces the whole history of the Italian peninsula since the Romans in a wonderfully readable style, full of well-chosen stories and observations from personal experience, and peopled by many of the great figures of the Italian past, from Cicero and Virgil to Machiavelli and the Medici, Garibaldi and Cavour, and the rather less inspiring political figures of the 20th century. Gilmour gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking the many absurd and influential myths which have grown up around it but including a particularly sympathetic portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, one of many cultural figures he treats. Gilmour shows that the glory of Italy has always lain in its regions, with their distinctive civic cultures, cuisine, art and identities. Similarly, most of the people of the peninsula have thought of themselves first as Tuscans, Venetians, Romans, Neapolitans or Sicilians and as Italians second, if at all. This, he argues, is where the strength of Italy lies rather than in misconceived ideas of unity. This wise and enormously engaging book explains the course of Italian history in a
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Fester Einband: 446 SeitenErschienen bei: Penguin Books Ltd, 2011
Genre: Sach-/Fachbuch
ISBN: 9781846142512
Reminiscences Of The Pen' Folk, Paisley Weavers Of Other Days, Etc.
244 Seiten, Sach-/Fachbuch:
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Flexibler Einband: 244 SeitenErschienen bei: Lightning Source Inc, 2008
Genre: Sach-/Fachbuch
ISBN: 0548857954
The Long Recessional
400 Seiten,
While previous studies of Rudyard Kipling have concentrated on his writing and on his domestic life, this volume studies his public role and his influence on the way Britons saw both themselves and their empire.
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Flexibler Einband: 400 SeitenErschienen bei: Vintage, 2003
Genre: Sonstiges
ISBN: 9780712665186
