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Partisan's Daughter, A (Paperback)

by Louis De Bernieres (Author)
3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Harvill Secker; Airport / Ireland / Export e. edition (6 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846551420
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846551420
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 286,555 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'a sweet story' --Evening Standard --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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46 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 7 Mar 2008
By Thomas A. Auld - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Partisan's Daughter (Hardcover)
I can't do justice to this book by reviewing it as I am not qualified. I can only say that I couldn't put it down, and that I was very moved by it. By way of information, I would add that one of the characters, The Bob Dylan Upstairs, is in fact Louis De Bernieres as a young man- who indeed did once work in a garage, and live upstairs in the same house as a Partisan's Daughter who told stories. Knowing this as I read, the book became so much more important and relevant to me. I loved and pitied Roza, I empathised with Chris, and I think I was like the BDU once.

A Partisan's Daughter left me deep in thought and ever since putting it down everything else has seemed dull. I would certainly recommend it, but a book is a very personal thing to experience and therefore I offer my opinion only; no critical analysis of style or prose.

Oh, and I only had to reach for the dictionary twice!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Simple slice, 28 May 2008
By C. J. Rayden (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Partisan's Daughter (Hardcover)
Louis De Bernieres has carved out a complex story using really only two main characters who flash back using their own narration to their own contrasting lives. To me, though, it did not seem like a "proper novel" just like a one person play is more of a "performance" than a play. As the narrators by their own admission were making up some of their narration it left me feeling as if the read was all for nothing. Having said that, there were some powerful, moving and dramatic narrated scenes so I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the plight of immigrant young people in London, the 70s/80s and the selfishness/thoughtlessness of passive unhappily married middle-aged men.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Uninvolving, 5 May 2008
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As an avid reader and fan of just about everything that Louis de Bernières has written I was relishing the prospect of another broadly-painted and entertaining novel peopled with engaging characters. It was therefore disappointing to reach the end of A Partisan's Daughter feeling little in the way of involvement with the main characters and little sympathy with either of them. I agree with another reviewer that this book is really more of a long short story but it lacks the succinctness and directness that a well-written short story often so successfully conveys (see, for example, Adam Marek's Instruction Manual for Swallowing).
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