Us A Novel
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Sprache:Englisch
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Gebundene Ausgabe
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Second Chance + weitere
Erscheinungsdatum
28.10.2014
Verlag
HarperCollins USSeitenzahl
416
Maße (L/B/H)
23,6/15,9/4,3 cm
Gewicht
577 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-06-236558-3
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together-and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date . . . and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn't be worse. Hoping to encourage her son's artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world's greatest works of art as a family, and she can't bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas's endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls's gifted hands, Douglas's odyssey brings Europe-from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafés of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona-to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?
David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together-and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date . . . and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn't be worse. Hoping to encourage her son's artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world's greatest works of art as a family, and she can't bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas's endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls's gifted hands, Douglas's odyssey brings Europe-from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafés of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona-to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?
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Douglas führt eine mittelmäßige Ehe mit Connie. Eigentlich sind die beiden sehr verschieden, doch das hat sie anfangs auch füreinander attraktiv gemacht. Nun, nach zwei Jahrzehnten, haben sie sich nicht mehr viel zu sagen, der gemeinsame Sohn ist dabei, auszuziehen und Connie möchte sich scheiden lassen... Douglas ist kein sehr einfühlsamer Mensch, also hat er das nicht kommen sehen. Doch er liebt Connie noch und möchte unbedingt den schon lange geplanten Europatrip mit seiner Frau und seinem Sohn machen.
Und so begleiten wir die drei (und fallweise dann auch nur jeweils zwei) durch verschiedene Städte Europas, auf der geplanten Tour und auf Abwegen. Erleben dabei in Rückblenden, wie sich Douglas' und Connies Ehe, aber auch die Beziehung zum gemeinsamen Sohn dorthin entwickelt hat, wo sie nun steht.
Ich habe das Buch sehr gemocht, weil mir Douglas und seine Perspektive (das ist, mit einer kleinen Abweichung, die einzige, die im Buch tief geschildert wird - das ist anders als bei "Zwei an einem Tag") gefällt und ich tiefgründige Bücher mit detailliert gezeichneten Charakteren mag. Wer selbst schon Erfahrung mit langjährigen Beziehungen hat oder sich für solche interessiert, wird einiges wiedererkennen.
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