Edward St Aubyn3.8 Writing with the scathing wit and bright perceptiveness for which he has become known, celebrated English author Edward St. Aubyn creates a complex family portrait that examines the shifting allegiances between mothers, sons, and husbands. The novel's perspective ricochets among all members of the Melrose family -- the family featured in St. Aubyn's widely praised trilogy, "Some Hope" -- starting with Robert, who provides an exceptionally droll and convincing account of being born; to Patrick, a hilariously churlish husband who has been sexually abandoned by his wife in favor of his sons; to Mary, who's consumed by her children and overwhelming desire not to repeat the mistakes of her own mother. All the while, St. Aubyn examines the web of false promises that entangle this once illustrious family -- whose last vestige of wealth, an old house in the south of France -- is about to be donated by Patrick's mother to a New Age foundation. An up-to-the-minute dissection of the mores of child-rearing, marriage, adultery, and assisted suicide, "Mother's Milk" showcases St. Aubyn's luminous and acidic prose -- and his masterful ability to combine the most excruciating emotional pain with the driest comedy.
Жиль Лапуж0.0 Riflessioni di viaggio e consigli da parte di un vero esperto del settore. Giornalista cosmopolita, nato in Francia, ma ben presto emigrato in Algeria e poi in Brasile, Lapouge viaggia come uno che ha bisogno di "rinfrescarsi" la memoria. Ogni viaggio, ogni movimento fisico rappresenta l'incipit e la meta di nuove storie e avventure che hanno luogo principalmente all'interno di noi, che suscitano quella meravigliosa sensazione di quando all'improvviso cose, luoghi e persone affiorano alla mente. Un puro pretesto per potersi divertire, raccontando i suoi infiniti viaggi in località straordinarie, che però possiamo trovare dappertutto. Una buona dose della poesia contenuta nel più incredibile dei luoghi e delle bellezze: l'essere umano.
