Книга: Bailey Paul «Chapman's Odyssey»

Chapman's Odyssey

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So here he was at last, where he had long feared to be. Harry Chapman is not well, and he doesn't like hospitals. Superficially all is at it normally is in such places, with nurses to chide him and a priest to console. But there are more than usual quotient of voices; is it because of Dr Pereira's wonder drug that he can hear the voice of his mother, acerbic and disappointed in him as ever? Perhaps her presence would be understandable enough, but what is Pip from Great Expectations doing here? More and more voices add their differing notes and stories to the chorus, squabbling, cajoling, commenting - friends from childhood, lovers, characters from novels and poetry; his father, fighting in the First World War; Barbar and Celeste, who dances with Fred Astaire; Jane Austen's Emma; his aunt Rose, a stranger to moodiness; Christopher Smart's cat Jeoffrey; a man that wants to sell him T. S. Eliot's teeth; Virginia Woolf, the scourge of servants; and, of course an old friend who turns up at his bedside principally to rehearse the litany of his own ailments. Slowly, endearingly, the life of Harry Chapman coalesces before our eyes, through voices real and unreal. Written with a gentle, effortless generosity, full of delicate observation, Chapman's Odyssey is the work of a master, a superbly rendered act of storytelling and ventriloquism that is waspish, witty, deeply moving and wise by turns and which constantly explores the unsolvable enigma of love.

Издательство: "Springer" (2011)

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См. также в других словарях:

  • Chapman — Chapman,   1) [ tçapman], Frederik Hendrik af, schwedischer Schiffbaumeister, * Göteborg 9. 9. 1721, ✝ Karlskrona 19. 8. 1808; baute zahlreiche Kriegs und Handelssegelschiffe und förderte den Schiffbau durch Methoden zur Berechnung der… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Odyssey — This article is about Homer s epic poem. For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). Greek text of the Odyssey s opening passage The Odyssey (Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odysseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.… …   Wikipedia

  • Chapman, George — ▪ English writer born 1559?, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Eng. died May 12, 1634, London  English poet and dramatist, whose translation of Homer long remained the standard English version.       Chapman attended the University of Oxford but took no… …   Universalium

  • Chapman, George — (?1559 1634)    Born near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, it is thought he attended Oxford University, Cambridge or both, but whichever, he was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar. William Browne, in the second book of Britannia s Pastorals, styles… …   British and Irish poets

  • Chapman,George — Chap·man (chăpʹmən), George. 1559? 1634. English writer, dramatist, and translator noted for his translations of Homer s Iliad (1598 1611) and Odyssey (1616). * * * …   Universalium

  • Chapman, George — (1559 1634)    Dramatist and translator, was b. near Hitchin, and probably ed. at Oxf. and Camb. He wrote many plays, including The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596), All Fools (1599), A Humerous Daye s Myrthe (1599), Eastward Hoe (with Jonson),… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

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