- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (7 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140174435
- ISBN-13: 978-0140174434
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 97,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This lost world, visited fleetingly in "A Postillion Struck by Lightning", the first volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, is seen here through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy. With sensitivity and shrewdness, he captures the sounds and scents, love and gentleness surrounding himself as a young boy. Meanwhile, the world outside prepared to go to war.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I found Great Meadow to be an unusual sort of book for many reasons. First of all, the language is really that of a 12 year old boy, but at the same time it is beautiful, precise, evocative yet unsentimental.
The economy of words, characteristic of the style of the book, does not prevent the characters to stand out clearly as real people the reader can empathise with. The dialogues are natural and sound real, and at the same time there is so much more meaning (about the relationships among the people, their motivations and their fears) behind apparently simple, everyday speech.
This is a true picture of a period that is gone, and by reading Great Meadow one thinks, for a moment, that the people and places have been brought to life.
I recommend it as a book to read, to keep, and re-read. Suitable and interesting for all ages.
The economy of words, characteristic of the style of the book, does not prevent the characters to stand out clearly as real people the reader can empathise with. The dialogues are natural and sound real, and at the same time there is so much more meaning (about the relationships among the people, their motivations and their fears) behind apparently simple, everyday speech.
This is a true picture of a period that is gone, and by reading Great Meadow one thinks, for a moment, that the people and places have been brought to life.
I recommend it as a book to read, to keep, and re-read. Suitable and interesting for all ages.
I purchased this book for an American friend - she is collecting Dirk Bogarde writings.
It was in excellent condition, as described, and arrived within 48 hours of order placement.
It was in excellent condition, as described, and arrived within 48 hours of order placement.
No problems with the order going as a gift to another address. Quick efficient delivery of a great read."An evocation" is the perfect sub title as it captures a lost period of a quintessentially middle classs "British" childhood. I've read it countless times.
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