More impressive, perhaps, is his placing of the painting itself - which, by definition, no one has ever seen - at the heart of the novel. Our Privacy Notice has been updated to explain how we use cookies, which you accept by continuing to use this website. Martin Clay and his wife Kate escape from London to the British countryside to finish academic books.
Probeer het opnieuw. Michael Frayn is a celebrated British playwright and is also the author of eight novels (including Headlong and Spies) and three screenplays.
The adventure is set into motion when they are invited to dinner at a country estate. The main character, Martin, is a hoot - someone who is so obsessed with taking ownership of a painting that he is sure is a long-lost Bruegel that things like money troubles and adultery seem like minor inconveniences in his quest. It's a fairly funny novel with a rather flimsy plot but it does offer the benefit of interesting lessons in European and Art history, at least for anyone with latent interests in such subjects. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
-, "Staunenswert leicht und oft zum Tränenlachen komisch ist der Ton, in dem Frayn seinen Erzähler Martin von erotischen Wirrungen und immer neuen Tiefschlägen berichten lässt und von immer neuen Zweifeln, die es zu entkräften gilt." More than that (...) Frayn is a past master at tense farce.
All are burdened by human muddle and human cravings; all are searching for a moral compass as they grapple with greed, folly, and desire.
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Voor het berekenen van de totale sterrenbeoordeling en de procentuele verdeling per ster gebruiken we geen gewoon gemiddelde.
The last picture is -- so Clay believes -- a missing masterpiece by Pieter Bruegel (or Brueghel or Breughel). I enjoyed 'Spies', this was so different. The author's skills as a playright shine through and at times it's hard to not see the book as a script for a play or movie. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Disappointing. The adventure is set into motion when they are invited to dinner at a country estate. -, "There are flashes of thought, but no broad reflections; perfect mimicry, but no substantial characters; verbal and structural tricks, but little memorable description. Amazing book!
Of the many story arcs--the narrator's marriage, his mishaps in avoiding an affair, his neighbors' efforts to get paintings appraised and sold, and the narrator's search for evidence that one of the paintings is a Brueghel--all are comic except for one: the delving into the horrifying brutality of Europe's religious wars in the 1500s. I do like reading books about academic/professor types and I enjoyed the tangled web of deception that the main character must weave as he tries to make a fortune from a lost painting "discovered" in a neighbor's house. He is good with words and has excellent insights and ways to describe the tension and distance between wife and husband.
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Supremely wise and wickedly funny, Headlong elevates Frayn into the front rank of contemporary novelists.
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Invited to dinner by the boorish local landowner, Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his art-historian wife are asked to assess three dusty paintings blocking the draught from the chimney.
", "Finely wrought and highly comical...a perfect introduction to a writer who likes to pull the rug out from under your feet while offering you the most seductive of smiles. Of the many story arcs--the narrator's marriage, his mishaps in avoiding an affair, his neighbors' efforts to get paintings appraised and sold, and the narrator's search for evidence that one of the paintings is a Brueghel--all are comic except for one: the delving into the horrifying brutality of Europe's religious wars in the 1500s.
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Unable to add item to List. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his scrupulous art-historian wife are invited to dinner by a boorish local landowner to assess the value of three dusty paintings moldering in the freezing breakfast room. Headlong ( ISBN 0-8050-6285-8) is a novel by Michael Frayn, published in 1999.
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