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A Partisan's Daughter (Vintage International) (Paperback)

by Louis de Bernieres (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage International (6 Oct 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0307389146
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307389145
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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`It's a wise and moving novel, perfectly accomplished.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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'The author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin gives us and bittersweet love story set in Seventies London' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars an unusual one for de Bernieres, 2 Feb 2009
By Alexander Bryce (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Partisan's Daughter (Hardcover)
It is dificult to categorise this one. As with Red Dog[see my recent review] it is neither an epic historical novel per Birds Without Wings and Captain Corelli nor a mythical romp per Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts and The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman. This book is on a much smaller scale , but none the less as enjoyable.
It is like eaves'dropping on an intimate conversation which is really none of our business. Perhaps this intimacy hightens the drama ,humour and urgency to finish the book in one sitting. The lives of the two narrators unfold:The lonely sexually frustrated middle aged man; the young Yugoslav of the title with her roller coaster background of romance, abuse and hurt. Through their conversations we watch their love develop but will it be consumated?
At the end we know who Chris is , but who is The Partisans Daughter?
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48 of 59 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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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Uninvolving, 5 May 2008
By A. J. Logan (UK) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark but well written
A very dark offering punctuated with black humour like most De Bernieres books. I though it was brilliantly written and well worth a read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Try but Doesn't Work
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quick but not slight
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not emotionally engaging
An odd short novel from the usually excellent Louis de Bernieres. It's not that 'The Partisan's Daughter' is bad - it is nicely written and quite readable. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Touching story but it didn't engage me
Intriguing start to a novel with the introduction of the characters, although I didn't like the really big font in the paperback version as it made me feel like I was reading a... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Janie U

2.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm, I say
A big fan of LdB's work (apart from the v dull Red Dog) I was somewhat disappointed with The Partisan's Daughter. Read more
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