- Paperback: 233 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Canada (21 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679308407
- ISBN-13: 978-0679308409
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,557,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One summer at La Gaillarderie, 18-year-old Maud - handsome but not flirtatious - meets two Englishmen, and they all move eventually to an apartment in Paris. Maud is seduced by the assured and ruthless David who leaves her pregnant, whereupon the quiet dreamy Edward offers to marry her.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is, quite simply, excellently written. Anita Brookner must be one of the most honest writers I've read. She analyses her characters with great depth and a sincerity that is often cruel ans unresting. However, nothing is ommitted from her characters; all their feelings, fears, resignations and adjustments are bared for the readers. The novel is pessimistic, but strangely compelling. Events happen and the people make decisions that so ruthlessly demand adjustment from the people involved. But all the characters have their reasons for what they do; there are no question marks because Brookner describes them so well, although at the same time there seems to be some other force playing with their lives, something quite stronger than themselves.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A human tragedy.
11 May 2001
Format:Paperback
This novel was truly depressing. It was all about the childhood dreams of the two main characters, Maud and Edward, and how their small dreams never came to fruition. Throughout the book the characters strive for and constantly fall short of what they desire, which in both cases is freedom and love. Neither can relate to the other which leaves them both emotionally stunted and unable to fully enjoy what should be a good life together. One of the biggest problems I had with the book was the timescale. It seemed to me that the dates given really didn't match with the attitudes or style of living described in the book. I fully believed that the book was taking place around the early 20th century and was shocked when it finally declared itself to be set in 1971. All in all this is not a bad book, although I myself did not really care for it. It is well written and the story is interesting, although depressing and tragic. Incidents in the Rue Laugier seems to me to be a bitter book written about lives lived in dissatisfaction and regret. By the end of this book, I have to admit that I was really depressed and disliked the characters intensely. I could not empathise with them at all. However, by the fact that it left me sad and angry it is clear that it certainly made an emotional impact on me.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Searingly Intense Love Story
20 April 2002
Format:Paperback
Few writers ever attain the depth of character and emotion so succinctly captured by Anita Brookner. Her characters beckon us to read on for as we examine their lives, we find we cannot cannot help but be moved to investigate the deepest feelings and motivations in our own lives as well. Within the novel,Brookner herself becomes philosopher as she wonders about the mystery of our emotional desires and why the events of our lives turn out the way they do. Brookner captivates the reader with her own special magic; with prose that seems almost poetic and with characters so beautifully drawn they are unforgettable.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Incidents in the Rue Laugier
6 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
For fans of Anita Brookner, this one is almost the best. Did not find it depressing at all, on the contrary. The elegance and persuasiveness of the language is sheer pleasure, not a single false note in the characters. Ms. Brookner is a genius, ranks up there with Virginia Woolf.
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