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袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌
T芯屑邪褋 袧械褋斜懈褌 械 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈 锌懈褋邪褌械谢 薪邪 褋褉械写薪邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌 褋 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 泻薪懈谐懈 懈 褉邪蟹锌邪写邪褖 褋械 斜褉邪泻. 袙芯写懈 褋邪屑芯褌薪芯 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪薪械 胁 芯褌泻褗褋薪邪褌邪褌邪 褋懈 芯褌 褋胁械褌邪 泻褗褖邪 胁 袦械泄薪, 锌芯写写褗褉卸邪 胁褉褗蟹泻邪 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯 褋 写胁邪泄褋械褌谐芯写懈褕薪邪褌邪 褋懈 写褗褖械褉褟 懈 锌芯谢邪谐邪 褍褋懈谢懈褟 写邪 锌褉懈械屑械 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎褋泻懈 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 写褗谢谐芯谐芯写懈褕薪懈褟 褋懈 斜褉邪泻. 袛芯泻邪褌芯 械写薪邪 屑褉邪蟹芯胁懈褌邪 蟹懈屑薪邪 褍褌褉懈薪 薪械 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪 懈蟹胁械褋褌懈械 蟹邪 泻芯谢械褌. 袠屑械褌芯 薪邪 锌芯写邪褌械谢褟 鈥� 袛褍褋屑邪薪 鈥� 谐芯 褉邪蟹褋褌褉芯泄胁邪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 褌芯胁邪 械 卸械薪邪褌邪, 褋 泻芯褟褌芯 写胁邪泄褋械褌 懈 锌械褌 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-褉邪薪芯 械 懈蟹卸懈胁褟谢 泻褉邪褌泻芯褌褉邪泄薪邪, 薪芯 褋懈谢薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪 胁褉褗蟹泻邪. 袛胁邪屑邪褌邪 褋械 蟹邪锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪褌 胁 袘械褉谢懈薪 锌芯 胁褉械屑械褌芯, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 谐褉邪写褗褌 械 褉邪蟹写械谢械薪 薪邪 写胁械 懈 e 褋泻芯胁邪薪 锌芯写 屑褉邪褔薪邪褌邪 褋褟薪泻邪 薪邪 小褌褍写械薪邪褌邪 胁芯泄薪邪.
袣芯谢泻芯褌芯 懈 写邪 芯褌谢邪谐邪 写邪 胁懈写懈 褋褗写褗褉卸邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 泻芯谢械褌邪, 胁 泻褉邪泄薪邪 褋屑械褌泻邪 孝芯屑邪褋 械 锌褉懈薪褍写械薪 写邪 褋械 懈蟹锌褉邪胁懈 锌褉械写 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯 褋懈, 泻芯械褌芯 械 写褗褉卸邪谢 蟹邪褌胁芯褉械薪芯 写褗谢谐懈 谐芯写懈薪懈.
袙 褋胁芯褟 写械褋械褌懈 褉芯屑邪薪 袛褗谐谢邪褋 袣械薪械写懈 锌褉械褋褗蟹写邪胁邪 械写薪邪 褉邪蟹褌褗褉褋胁邪褖邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 斜械谢褟蟹邪薪邪 芯褌 薪褉邪胁褋褌胁械薪懈 写懈谢械屑懈, 褋谢芯卸薪懈 锌械褉懈锌械褌懈懈 懈 褌褉邪谐懈褔薪懈 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟. 鈥炐溞拘夹敌窖傃娧傗€� 械 胁褗谢薪褍胁邪褖 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹 蟹邪 锌褗褌懈褖邪褌邪 薪邪 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 懈 谢懈褔薪懈褟 懈蟹斜芯褉, 蟹邪 锌褉懈褟褌械谢褋褌胁芯褌芯 懈 锌褉械写邪褌械谢褋褌胁芯褌芯. 袙褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 薪邪 褎芯薪邪 薪邪 袘械褉谢懈薪 芯褌 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 屑褉邪褔薪懈 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌褉械写懈 锌邪写邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 小褌械薪邪褌邪.
袣芯谢泻芯褌芯 懈 写邪 芯褌谢邪谐邪 写邪 胁懈写懈 褋褗写褗褉卸邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 泻芯谢械褌邪, 胁 泻褉邪泄薪邪 褋屑械褌泻邪 孝芯屑邪褋 械 锌褉懈薪褍写械薪 写邪 褋械 懈蟹锌褉邪胁懈 锌褉械写 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯 褋懈, 泻芯械褌芯 械 写褗褉卸邪谢 蟹邪褌胁芯褉械薪芯 写褗谢谐懈 谐芯写懈薪懈.
袙 褋胁芯褟 写械褋械褌懈 褉芯屑邪薪 袛褗谐谢邪褋 袣械薪械写懈 锌褉械褋褗蟹写邪胁邪 械写薪邪 褉邪蟹褌褗褉褋胁邪褖邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 斜械谢褟蟹邪薪邪 芯褌 薪褉邪胁褋褌胁械薪懈 写懈谢械屑懈, 褋谢芯卸薪懈 锌械褉懈锌械褌懈懈 懈 褌褉邪谐懈褔薪懈 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟. 鈥炐溞拘夹敌窖傃娧傗€� 械 胁褗谢薪褍胁邪褖 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹 蟹邪 锌褗褌懈褖邪褌邪 薪邪 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 懈 谢懈褔薪懈褟 懈蟹斜芯褉, 蟹邪 锌褉懈褟褌械谢褋褌胁芯褌芯 懈 锌褉械写邪褌械谢褋褌胁芯褌芯. 袙褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 薪邪 褎芯薪邪 薪邪 袘械褉谢懈薪 芯褌 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 屑褉邪褔薪懈 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌褉械写懈 锌邪写邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 小褌械薪邪褌邪.
422 pages, Paperback
First published May 3, 2011
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Douglas Kennedy
155听books1,158听followersDouglas Kennedy was born in Manhattan in 1955. He studied at Bowdoin College, Maine and Trinity College, Dublin, returning to Dublin in 1977 with just a trenchcoat, backpack and $300. He co-founded a theatre company and sold his first play, Shakespeare on Five Dollars a Day, to Radio 4 in 1980. In 1988 he moved to London and published a travel book, Beyond the Pyramids. His debut novel The Dead Heart was published in 1994.
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October 18, 2018
Writer, Thomas Nesbitt, is middle aged, recently divorced and living a quiet and private life in Maine. The return sender鈥檚 name on a package he receives draws him into reviewing a manuscript he wrote about his life, some twenty five years earlier, when, as a young travel writer, he travelled to and lived in West Germany. The time spent there and his relationship with a woman, who had been until recently a citizen of GDR, changes his life in untold ways. The manuscript reminds him of the one intense relationship of his life and how it shaped his future. But more is to follow for Thomas. What he finds within the delivered package will both shock him and validate his innermost feelings.
Kennedy takes you back to a time when Germany was divided by an edifice now largely forgotten: the Berlin Wall. East Berlin, or GDR where the people lived in a 鈥榙emocracy鈥� and in fear of the dreaded Stasi. West Berlin, where you lived freely except if, like Thomas' Petra, you had recently escaped from the GDR.
Douglas Kennedy has that surprising and often rare gift; he writes credibly as a woman character as he writes as a male counterpart. The Moment is reflective, historically pertinent, preoccupying and wonderfully gratifying. It is undeniably unforgettable; it will give you pause to reflect and savour.
While I will sometimes read about love, it is rare for me to read a love story. It's even more rare for me to like a love story. This is both a love and a life story. Douglas Kennedy has hit the spot! I loved this novel. Recommended Reading. A definite 4 鈽�.
Kennedy takes you back to a time when Germany was divided by an edifice now largely forgotten: the Berlin Wall. East Berlin, or GDR where the people lived in a 鈥榙emocracy鈥� and in fear of the dreaded Stasi. West Berlin, where you lived freely except if, like Thomas' Petra, you had recently escaped from the GDR.
Douglas Kennedy has that surprising and often rare gift; he writes credibly as a woman character as he writes as a male counterpart. The Moment is reflective, historically pertinent, preoccupying and wonderfully gratifying. It is undeniably unforgettable; it will give you pause to reflect and savour.
While I will sometimes read about love, it is rare for me to read a love story. It's even more rare for me to like a love story. This is both a love and a life story. Douglas Kennedy has hit the spot! I loved this novel. Recommended Reading. A definite 4 鈽�.
July 6, 2015
This book is about 200 pages too long. There are sections where the point is laboured beyond belief and I found the instant attraction of the two main characters, which turned to full on love in about five minutes flat, hard to believe - and hard to stomach at times.
So did I hate it? Well no, not really. The story itself was interesting enough to keep me turning another page and above all some of the writer鈥檚 observations about life in general seemed, to me, spot on. I鈥檓 not sure I鈥檇 rush out and buy another DK novel, but then I promised myself that ages ago and look what happened.
So did I hate it? Well no, not really. The story itself was interesting enough to keep me turning another page and above all some of the writer鈥檚 observations about life in general seemed, to me, spot on. I鈥檓 not sure I鈥檇 rush out and buy another DK novel, but then I promised myself that ages ago and look what happened.
November 2, 2021
袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌 褋懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪!
袦薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械 懈蟹谐褉邪写械薪懈 谐械褉芯懈; 锌懈褋邪褌械谢, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋械 蟹邪斜褗褉泻胁邪 胁 褕锌懈芯薪褋泻邪 邪褎械褉邪, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 薪邪屑懈褉邪 谐芯谢褟屑邪褌邪 谢褞斜芯胁; 懈 袘械褉谢懈薪, 褉邪蟹写械谢械薪 芯褌 褋褌械薪邪褌邪, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褟泻邪褕 械 褋邪屑芯褋褌芯褟褌械谢械薪 芯斜褉邪蟹.
袛械褌邪泄谢懈褌械 胁 褌芯蟹懈 褉芯屑邪薪 谐芯 懈蟹褋褌褉械谢胁邪褌 写芯 锌械褌 蟹胁械蟹写薪芯 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褋泻芯 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈械.
+ 袘械褉谢懈薪 械 芯褌 谐褉邪写芯胁械褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪屑 懈 屑懈 斜械褕械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹褏芯写褟 锌芯 褍谢懈褑懈褌械 屑褍 懈 写邪 褍褋械褌褟 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪褌邪 芯褌 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 褋褌褍写械薪邪褌邪 胁芯泄薪邪.
袦薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械 懈蟹谐褉邪写械薪懈 谐械褉芯懈; 锌懈褋邪褌械谢, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋械 蟹邪斜褗褉泻胁邪 胁 褕锌懈芯薪褋泻邪 邪褎械褉邪, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 薪邪屑懈褉邪 谐芯谢褟屑邪褌邪 谢褞斜芯胁; 懈 袘械褉谢懈薪, 褉邪蟹写械谢械薪 芯褌 褋褌械薪邪褌邪, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褟泻邪褕 械 褋邪屑芯褋褌芯褟褌械谢械薪 芯斜褉邪蟹.
袛械褌邪泄谢懈褌械 胁 褌芯蟹懈 褉芯屑邪薪 谐芯 懈蟹褋褌褉械谢胁邪褌 写芯 锌械褌 蟹胁械蟹写薪芯 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褋泻芯 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈械.
+ 袘械褉谢懈薪 械 芯褌 谐褉邪写芯胁械褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪屑 懈 屑懈 斜械褕械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹褏芯写褟 锌芯 褍谢懈褑懈褌械 屑褍 懈 写邪 褍褋械褌褟 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪褌邪 芯褌 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 褋褌褍写械薪邪褌邪 胁芯泄薪邪.
December 19, 2022
袩褗褉胁邪褌邪 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪邪 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 薪械 锌褉芯褌懈褔邪 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯. 袛械泄褋褌胁懈械褌芯 械 写芯褋褌邪 斜邪胁薪芯, 锌芯褔褌懈 谐芯 薪褟屑邪 薪懈泻邪泻胁芯, 邪 锌芯写褉芯斜薪懈褌械 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 薪邪 袘械褉谢懈薪 芯褌 械写懈薪 屑芯屑械薪褌 薪邪褌邪褌褗泻 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪褌 写邪 写芯褋泻褍褔邪胁邪褌 蟹薪邪褔懈褌械谢薪芯. 袨褌 褋褉械写邪褌邪 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 芯斜邪褔械 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 芯卸懈胁褟胁邪 懈 褋褞卸械褌褗褌 褌褉褗谐胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械 懈 懈薪褌褉懈谐褍胁邪褖芯, 懈屑邪 懈 褋褌褉邪褏芯褌薪懈 芯斜褉邪褌懈 懈 写芯泻褉邪褟 锌芯写写褗褉卸邪 褌芯胁邪 褌械屑锌芯. 袠蟹谐褉邪卸写邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸懈褌械 械 写芯斜褉芯 懈 泻芯屑锌谢械泻褋薪芯 褋 褟褋薪芯 懈蟹褉邪蟹械薪邪 屑芯褌懈胁邪褑懈褟, 泻芯褟褌芯 谐懈 写胁懈卸懈. 袣褉邪褟褌 械 屑薪芯谐芯 泻褉邪褋懈胁 懈 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪芯 薪邪褋懈褌械薪.
4.3 猸�
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 薪械 屑懈 褋褌邪薪邪 薪邪泄-谢褞斜懈屑邪褌邪 芯褌 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 薪芯 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 写芯褋褌邪褌褗褔薪芯 褟褉褗泻 芯褌锌械褔邪褌褗泻, 蟹邪 写邪 屑懈 胁谢械蟹械 胁 褌芯锌 3 泻薪懈谐懈 芯褌 袛褗谐谢邪褋 袣械薪械写懈. 袗 褌械 褋邪:
1. 袞懈胁芯褌 薪邪蟹邪械屑
2. 袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌
3. 小锌械褑懈邪谢薪懈 胁褉褗蟹泻懈
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袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 薪械 屑懈 褋褌邪薪邪 薪邪泄-谢褞斜懈屑邪褌邪 芯褌 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 薪芯 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 写芯褋褌邪褌褗褔薪芯 褟褉褗泻 芯褌锌械褔邪褌褗泻, 蟹邪 写邪 屑懈 胁谢械蟹械 胁 褌芯锌 3 泻薪懈谐懈 芯褌 袛褗谐谢邪褋 袣械薪械写懈. 袗 褌械 褋邪:
1. 袞懈胁芯褌 薪邪蟹邪械屑
2. 袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌
3. 小锌械褑懈邪谢薪懈 胁褉褗蟹泻懈
September 11, 2012
This is what I would call a "yes" and "no" book. To steal the author's theme, I'd say that it has great 'moments'...but then goes wandering off somewhere.
The pace of the novel tends to dominate the reading experience. I found it so slow at first that I almost put it back on the shelf.
It gradually gathered pace until it was rolling along very nicely and I was immersed in the intrigue. The plot was sometimes predictable, sometimes surprising.
And then it crashed. The reading of Petra's journals was painfully repetitive, so much so that I found myself scan reading to wade through it. And what a lost opportunity this was. Petra until then had been such an interesting character. Her author grossly let her down just as she was showing her hand.
So the resolution of the tale lost the impetus gained from the the first three-quarters of the novel.
There's some worthy reflection in this novel, though it does tend in places to overdose in introversion.
Still, the author touches that place of the dream of a deep love, and is convincing in the deptiction of the madness, hope and naivety of early romance.
I'd probably give it three and a half stars if I could.
The pace of the novel tends to dominate the reading experience. I found it so slow at first that I almost put it back on the shelf.
It gradually gathered pace until it was rolling along very nicely and I was immersed in the intrigue. The plot was sometimes predictable, sometimes surprising.
And then it crashed. The reading of Petra's journals was painfully repetitive, so much so that I found myself scan reading to wade through it. And what a lost opportunity this was. Petra until then had been such an interesting character. Her author grossly let her down just as she was showing her hand.
So the resolution of the tale lost the impetus gained from the the first three-quarters of the novel.
There's some worthy reflection in this novel, though it does tend in places to overdose in introversion.
Still, the author touches that place of the dream of a deep love, and is convincing in the deptiction of the madness, hope and naivety of early romance.
I'd probably give it three and a half stars if I could.
April 17, 2019
芦Somos lo que nos ha pasado. Y llevamos a todas partes lo que nos ha hecho: todo lo que no tuvimos, todo lo que siempre quisimos pero nunca conseguimos, todo lo que conseguimos pero nunca deseamos, todo lo que encontramos y despu茅s perdimos禄. 鉂わ笍
June 30, 2015
6/12/15 ... reading again to learn from Kennedy's ability to capture emotions in words.
***
This book affected me emotionally in a way that few books do. Kennedy's ability to convey what his characters are feeling is extraordinary. Love found and lost is a common theme, but this story, set mostly in Berlin divided by the Wall, stands out.
However, the book is far from perfect. After reading 100+ pages, I was still searching for a plot, hoping there was one. After another 100+ pages, a plot had begun to emerge but the pace had slowed and the story lost interest. So I started rapidly turning pages with the briefest of glances until I found a place where it seemed the plot had re-emerged. From then to the end, the book was as brilliant as it was in the early pages.
What did I miss? Maybe nothing. There is a point towards the end of the book where Petra describes the important aspects of her relationship with Thomas, and I do not think her description included a single reference to anything I had not read.
After finishing my library copy of this book, I immediately ordered a copy on amazon. This is one I will re-read, to appreciate again just how Kennedy created the intense emotions and also to consider whether the issues of pace he raised are applicable to the novel I am currently writing. Do I have my own 150 pages that might be beneficially excised?
***
This book affected me emotionally in a way that few books do. Kennedy's ability to convey what his characters are feeling is extraordinary. Love found and lost is a common theme, but this story, set mostly in Berlin divided by the Wall, stands out.
However, the book is far from perfect. After reading 100+ pages, I was still searching for a plot, hoping there was one. After another 100+ pages, a plot had begun to emerge but the pace had slowed and the story lost interest. So I started rapidly turning pages with the briefest of glances until I found a place where it seemed the plot had re-emerged. From then to the end, the book was as brilliant as it was in the early pages.
What did I miss? Maybe nothing. There is a point towards the end of the book where Petra describes the important aspects of her relationship with Thomas, and I do not think her description included a single reference to anything I had not read.
After finishing my library copy of this book, I immediately ordered a copy on amazon. This is one I will re-read, to appreciate again just how Kennedy created the intense emotions and also to consider whether the issues of pace he raised are applicable to the novel I am currently writing. Do I have my own 150 pages that might be beneficially excised?
May 29, 2011
As the book opens in modern day the reader is introduced to a man, Thomas, about to get a divorce. The book soon goes into flashback and the story of Thomas's great love is revealed. Set in Berlin just prior to the fall of the Berlin wall the book is full of the dark, distrustful atmosphere you would expect. The woman that 25 yr old Thomas meets is Petra and her story, when it is finally revealed, is peppered with the horrors of living through incarceration and interrogation before finally being moved to West Berlin. The two meet and sense an immediate attraction when Thomas interviews for a job at Petra's employer, Radio Liberty.
In addition to the expected danger, betrayal and political machinations the story is also of love and friendship and contains as well a few completely unexpected surprises. Think Stasi, CIA and other Cold War agencies along with the gray and dingy Berlin of the day and you will find yourself questioning the motives of everyone involved.
This novel grabbed my attention and didn't let go until the final page was turned. I have not read any of Douglas Kennedy's books prior but am now on the search for his backlist. This guy can really tell a story!
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In addition to the expected danger, betrayal and political machinations the story is also of love and friendship and contains as well a few completely unexpected surprises. Think Stasi, CIA and other Cold War agencies along with the gray and dingy Berlin of the day and you will find yourself questioning the motives of everyone involved.
This novel grabbed my attention and didn't let go until the final page was turned. I have not read any of Douglas Kennedy's books prior but am now on the search for his backlist. This guy can really tell a story!
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October 20, 2014
A totally gripping novel of love, loss and cold war politics set in Berlin in the 1980's.
It's difficult to review this book without giving too much away, but despite a slow start the author starts to ratchet up the tension leaving you unable to put it down.
It's unusual to find a book that I would recommend as an insight into cold war politics as well as a great intense love story.
Douglas Kennedy accurately reflects the cold war politics and atmosphere of Berlin in 1980s' as well as providing the reader with many questions about love, missed opportunities and human nature.
I've never read Douglas Kennedy before, but "The Moment" definitely makes me want to try some of his other books.
June 10, 2012
The Moment by Douglas Kennedy is primarily a Love story with a little historical content thrown in.
This is the story of Thomas Nesbitt who is a divorced American writer living in Maine. He lives a quiet life until one day a package arrives from Berlin and his past is brought back to haunt him.
The package is from Petra Dussmann a woman he had an intense love affair with over twenty five years ago in a divided Berlin under the shadows of the Cold War.
Petra Dussman was a refugee from the police state of East Germany and her tragic secret rewrites both their lives.
When I read the blurb of this novel I was really interested as it had all the elements of a great story. I love to read about this period in history and this seemed to be the sort of book I would love. I did enjoy most of the story however I found the love story too contrived and at times a little over written and not believable, I really enjoyed the historical content of the book but would have loved a lot more of the facts and less of the repetitive love story.
I liked the characters and think they were well developed but I think the book could have done with better editing as the story was way too long, the 640 pages could have been condensed to 400 and none of the story would have been lost.
This is the story of Thomas Nesbitt who is a divorced American writer living in Maine. He lives a quiet life until one day a package arrives from Berlin and his past is brought back to haunt him.
The package is from Petra Dussmann a woman he had an intense love affair with over twenty five years ago in a divided Berlin under the shadows of the Cold War.
Petra Dussman was a refugee from the police state of East Germany and her tragic secret rewrites both their lives.
When I read the blurb of this novel I was really interested as it had all the elements of a great story. I love to read about this period in history and this seemed to be the sort of book I would love. I did enjoy most of the story however I found the love story too contrived and at times a little over written and not believable, I really enjoyed the historical content of the book but would have loved a lot more of the facts and less of the repetitive love story.
I liked the characters and think they were well developed but I think the book could have done with better editing as the story was way too long, the 640 pages could have been condensed to 400 and none of the story would have been lost.
June 29, 2011
I just finished this book and find myself stomping around in utter annoyance. This book took me forever to get through. I found the beginning very lethargic and difficult to plow through. It took off past the midway point. I ran the gamit from boredom, to interested, to enthralled, to frustrated by some cheesiness that eventually seemed warranted so I accepted it, then back to enthralled, then bored, and then annoyed. I didn't care for the wordiness and over philosiphication that went on (yeah probably not a word, but definitely what was going on). This book could have been so much shorter and less redundant and perhaps that would have been a better story, which, by the way was really was depressing... I couldn't find much of positive kernal in it. I gave it two stars b/c there was a brief part that did engage me.
February 10, 2019
It is a story about love.
It is a story about betrayal.
It is a story about fictional characters.
It is a story about nonfictional characters.
It is a story about history.
It is a story about the Cold War.
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.
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It is a story about the moment ...
to be continued
January 8, 2013
Everybody has a 'moment.' Can many people string it out into a whole book? Probably not. But Douglas Kennedy does just that...
This book made me do three things that I've never done before as the direct impact of reading a novel.
1) Cry
2) Become emotionally involved
3) Enjoy reading long pages of one narrative
Douglas Kennedy, where have you been all my reading life? This novel was absolutely breath-taking from start to finish. At first I detested Kennedy's attention to detail, the way he delved into setting a scene with the utmost clarity and flamboyant wording. But I found when the story really got going, I craved that detail. Kennedy crafted it so that you couldn't help but be drawn in, every step of the way.
Emotional involvement in a book is often hard to achieve. There are some recent literary greats that do manage it. But this book went one step further. I was hooked by the love story between the two main characters, Thomas and Petra. I was torn by the betrayals brought against them. I was astounded and shocked by Petra's plight. I felt the hurt that was described in minute detail, when major things happened (no spoilers). As for enjoying the long pages of narrative - wow. That's never happened. I usually hate when authors prolong their stories by drawing out pages and pages of one person narrating to another. But it was a story within a story - within a story.
Germany and it's History has always fascinated me. I have my own tumultuous past during a brief visit to the country a few years ago - completely unrelated to the topics in this book. So this provoked painful memories and also highlighted a few things that weren't obvious to me before. I understand the History better now - an emotional involvement to a great romance, a historical insight, this book offers so much.
It was a love story, but it's also historically important. It's fiction, but it's also completely feasible. Read this book. It will, honestly, change your life.
This book made me do three things that I've never done before as the direct impact of reading a novel.
1) Cry
2) Become emotionally involved
3) Enjoy reading long pages of one narrative
Douglas Kennedy, where have you been all my reading life? This novel was absolutely breath-taking from start to finish. At first I detested Kennedy's attention to detail, the way he delved into setting a scene with the utmost clarity and flamboyant wording. But I found when the story really got going, I craved that detail. Kennedy crafted it so that you couldn't help but be drawn in, every step of the way.
Emotional involvement in a book is often hard to achieve. There are some recent literary greats that do manage it. But this book went one step further. I was hooked by the love story between the two main characters, Thomas and Petra. I was torn by the betrayals brought against them. I was astounded and shocked by Petra's plight. I felt the hurt that was described in minute detail, when major things happened (no spoilers). As for enjoying the long pages of narrative - wow. That's never happened. I usually hate when authors prolong their stories by drawing out pages and pages of one person narrating to another. But it was a story within a story - within a story.
Germany and it's History has always fascinated me. I have my own tumultuous past during a brief visit to the country a few years ago - completely unrelated to the topics in this book. So this provoked painful memories and also highlighted a few things that weren't obvious to me before. I understand the History better now - an emotional involvement to a great romance, a historical insight, this book offers so much.
It was a love story, but it's also historically important. It's fiction, but it's also completely feasible. Read this book. It will, honestly, change your life.
July 9, 2011
What an ordinary book written by an extraordinarily average writer. Perhaps that鈥檚 why readers like his writing? He makes his story seem better than it really is by using a few props. He gives his character an unusual job, throws in a few foreign phrases, and crafts seemingly 鈥榗lever鈥� backstories. Until you realise they are all vignettes without substance.
Or maybe I鈥檓 just a dull reader who doesn鈥檛 get it at all.
This book was a trial at 488 pages. When you start out with a protagonist who is essentially an emotional coward you have to work hard as a writer to get the reader to like him. Thomas Nesbitt is supremely boring.
He is an unsuccessful travel writer with a life of unsuccessful and unfulfilling relationships. We are supposed to be intrigued, to want to find out why he is this way. What was 鈥楾he Moment鈥� that defined him?
Thomas Nesbitt鈥檚 father dies. He leaves him $300 000, 00 and he buys his own cottage on the way back from the funeral, ending his marriage. His wife files for divorce, he receives a package from Berlin and the story stutters forward.
Try as he might, Kennedy couldn鈥檛 get me to buy into poor Thomas and Petra鈥檚 love story, set against another prop 鈥� The Berlin Wall in The Cold War. I am unimpressed by his throwaway literary lines, and his references to obscure poets and well-regarded writers.
Or maybe I鈥檓 just a dull reader who doesn鈥檛 get it at all.
This book was a trial at 488 pages. When you start out with a protagonist who is essentially an emotional coward you have to work hard as a writer to get the reader to like him. Thomas Nesbitt is supremely boring.
He is an unsuccessful travel writer with a life of unsuccessful and unfulfilling relationships. We are supposed to be intrigued, to want to find out why he is this way. What was 鈥楾he Moment鈥� that defined him?
Thomas Nesbitt鈥檚 father dies. He leaves him $300 000, 00 and he buys his own cottage on the way back from the funeral, ending his marriage. His wife files for divorce, he receives a package from Berlin and the story stutters forward.
Try as he might, Kennedy couldn鈥檛 get me to buy into poor Thomas and Petra鈥檚 love story, set against another prop 鈥� The Berlin Wall in The Cold War. I am unimpressed by his throwaway literary lines, and his references to obscure poets and well-regarded writers.
May 11, 2025
袦芯卸械 斜懈 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 袣械薪械写懈!
袩褉械锌芯褉褗褔胁邪屑 褟!
袩褉械锌芯褉褗褔胁邪屑 褟!
March 12, 2013
"The moment came. The moment went. And I still think of us and cry"
袩芯褉械写薪邪褌邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌 谢褞斜懈屑懈褟 屑懈 袛褗谐谢邪褋 袣械薪械写懈! 袚芯谢褟屑邪, 褍卸邪褋薪芯 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪邪, 褋 屑薪芯谐芯 屑褗写褉芯褋褌懈 懈 屑懈褋谢懈 蟹邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 懈 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻胁懈 褋屑械 薪懈械 褏芯褉邪 懈 泻邪泻 写械泄褋褌胁邪屑械. 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 械 谐褉邪斜胁邪褖邪. 袠蟹锌懈锌邪薪邪 械 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械. 袪邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈褌械 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪 锌芯褋褉械写褋褌胁芯屑 谐械褉芯褟 屑褍 褋邪 屑薪芯谐芯 胁 褑械谢褌邪. 小褌懈谢褗褌 薪邪 袣械薪械写懈 - 褋 泻褉邪褌泻懈褌械 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟, 屑褗写褉懈褌械 屑懈褋谢懈, 芯褋褌褉懈褌械 褎褉邪蟹懈, 芯褋褌褉芯褍屑薪懈褌械 写懈邪谢芯蟹懈, 锌褉邪胁褟褌 褔械褌械薪械褌芯 械写薪芯 褔褍写械褋薪芯 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈械 蟹邪 褍屑邪 懈 写褍褕邪褌邪. 袧邪泄-写芯斜褉械 械 写邪 褋械 褔械褌械 胁 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 薪械褖邪褌邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 斜褗写邪褌 锌褉械胁械写械薪懈 薪邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻懈 懈 褋懈谢邪褌邪 懈屑 写邪 芯褋褌邪薪械 褋褗褖邪褌邪.
袨斜懈褔邪屑 谐芯 褌芯蟹懈 邪胁褌芯褉 懈 薪褟屑邪屑 褌褗褉锌械薪懈械 写邪 蟹邪锌芯褔薪邪 写邪 褔械褌邪 褋谢械写胁邪褖邪褌邪 屑褍 泻薪懈谐邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 懈蟹谢懈蟹邪 褋泻芯褉芯 - "Five days"
"Even when we think all is lost, we still have to try to convince ourselves that life can shift gears - and that it is still laden with possibility"
"Pride is the most destructive force in the world. It blinds us to anything but hubristic need to be right, to defend our own fragile sense of self. In doing so, it stops us from seeing other interpretations of the narrative we're living. Pride makes you take a position from which you cannot be bludged. Pride makes you refuse to even consider the reason someone is begging you to hear them out. Pride insists that you toss away the one person you've met in the course of five decades, who offerd you the chance or real happiness. Pride murders the love of your life"
"The worst lies are those ones we tell ourselves"
"And the most foreign place is self"
袩芯褉械写薪邪褌邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌 谢褞斜懈屑懈褟 屑懈 袛褗谐谢邪褋 袣械薪械写懈! 袚芯谢褟屑邪, 褍卸邪褋薪芯 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪邪, 褋 屑薪芯谐芯 屑褗写褉芯褋褌懈 懈 屑懈褋谢懈 蟹邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 懈 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻胁懈 褋屑械 薪懈械 褏芯褉邪 懈 泻邪泻 写械泄褋褌胁邪屑械. 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 械 谐褉邪斜胁邪褖邪. 袠蟹锌懈锌邪薪邪 械 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械. 袪邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈褌械 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪 锌芯褋褉械写褋褌胁芯屑 谐械褉芯褟 屑褍 褋邪 屑薪芯谐芯 胁 褑械谢褌邪. 小褌懈谢褗褌 薪邪 袣械薪械写懈 - 褋 泻褉邪褌泻懈褌械 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟, 屑褗写褉懈褌械 屑懈褋谢懈, 芯褋褌褉懈褌械 褎褉邪蟹懈, 芯褋褌褉芯褍屑薪懈褌械 写懈邪谢芯蟹懈, 锌褉邪胁褟褌 褔械褌械薪械褌芯 械写薪芯 褔褍写械褋薪芯 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈械 蟹邪 褍屑邪 懈 写褍褕邪褌邪. 袧邪泄-写芯斜褉械 械 写邪 褋械 褔械褌械 胁 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 薪械褖邪褌邪 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 斜褗写邪褌 锌褉械胁械写械薪懈 薪邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻懈 懈 褋懈谢邪褌邪 懈屑 写邪 芯褋褌邪薪械 褋褗褖邪褌邪.
袨斜懈褔邪屑 谐芯 褌芯蟹懈 邪胁褌芯褉 懈 薪褟屑邪屑 褌褗褉锌械薪懈械 写邪 蟹邪锌芯褔薪邪 写邪 褔械褌邪 褋谢械写胁邪褖邪褌邪 屑褍 泻薪懈谐邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 懈蟹谢懈蟹邪 褋泻芯褉芯 - "Five days"
"Even when we think all is lost, we still have to try to convince ourselves that life can shift gears - and that it is still laden with possibility"
"Pride is the most destructive force in the world. It blinds us to anything but hubristic need to be right, to defend our own fragile sense of self. In doing so, it stops us from seeing other interpretations of the narrative we're living. Pride makes you take a position from which you cannot be bludged. Pride makes you refuse to even consider the reason someone is begging you to hear them out. Pride insists that you toss away the one person you've met in the course of five decades, who offerd you the chance or real happiness. Pride murders the love of your life"
"The worst lies are those ones we tell ourselves"
"And the most foreign place is self"
June 20, 2011
The further into this book I got, the stronger my feeling was that it was going to be one of those books that I would never forget. And it has stayed with me ever since I finished it. What an amazing title, first of all. Especially in these times, we know what it means to live in "the moment", even if we are not often able to do exactly that. But, what if you could look back and pinpoint the exact moment that your life changed its course - forever? That is exactly what Thomas Nesbitt is able to do, look back to the moment he reacted, without thought, only pure emotion, to the discovery that his beloved Petra may not be the person he thought she was. As his loveless marriage is finally unraveling, he is alone with the memories of "the moment" in his life. When he receives an unexpected package in the mail, his thoughts return to the time in his life when the actions of one moment decided the fate of the rest of his life. This was truly one of those great books that draws you into a story that sticks with you for a long time. Rich with information (albeit fictional) about the Berlin Wall, and what life was like on both sides, this was a beautiful love story, and at the same time a tragic tale of the lives of two people who are controlled by forces so much larger than themselves.
March 8, 2017
Hay momentos en que te das cuenta de que todo va a cambiar. Hay momentos en que solo lo ves con la perspectiva de los a帽os. A ra铆z de la separaci贸n de su mujer, el protagonista de esta novela que se desarrolla en dos tiempos, vuelve al pasado a trav茅s de una historia de amor que cambi贸 su vida entonces. Sin embargo, en aquel momento, no pudo o no supo verlo.
脡l era un joven escritor de libros de viaje que cre铆a saber mucho del mundo, ingenuo, algo descre铆do del amor y con miedo al compromiso. Ella, una joven huida y exiliada de la RDA con un pasado doloroso. El contexto, Berl铆n, pocos a帽os antes de la ca铆da del muro, en plena guerra fr铆a, y cuando los occidentales solo parec铆an ver la superficie gris de un r茅gimen opresivo como una atracci贸n tur铆stica, y no todo lo que ocurr铆a detr谩s de cada puerta, cada rostro, cada casa. Una historia bonita, desgarradora, de traiciones y enga帽os: a los que amas, a lo que crees, a ti mismo. Si no le doy m谩s puntuaci贸n es porque en ocasiones el estilo del autor me parec铆a distante, artificial, algo forzado. Pero bien, merece la pena.
脡l era un joven escritor de libros de viaje que cre铆a saber mucho del mundo, ingenuo, algo descre铆do del amor y con miedo al compromiso. Ella, una joven huida y exiliada de la RDA con un pasado doloroso. El contexto, Berl铆n, pocos a帽os antes de la ca铆da del muro, en plena guerra fr铆a, y cuando los occidentales solo parec铆an ver la superficie gris de un r茅gimen opresivo como una atracci贸n tur铆stica, y no todo lo que ocurr铆a detr谩s de cada puerta, cada rostro, cada casa. Una historia bonita, desgarradora, de traiciones y enga帽os: a los que amas, a lo que crees, a ti mismo. Si no le doy m谩s puntuaci贸n es porque en ocasiones el estilo del autor me parec铆a distante, artificial, algo forzado. Pero bien, merece la pena.
March 15, 2012
somewhere between 2 and 3 stars, actually....I wanted to like this so much more than I did. The overall story was good - I loved the setting of the Cold War in Berlin - but it could have been about 200 pages shorter. It was very wordy and at times I found myself skimming. Also, I never connected to the characters - I had a hard time liking them. Every once in a while I found a line of text that really stuck with me (I even teared up a bit at the end), but overall, I was just anxious for the story to be over so I could find out what happened (which I saw coming about 2/3 of the way through).
September 22, 2017
M-a impresionat 葯i acest roman a lui Douglas Kennedy, de葯i am 葯i ceva negativ de spus la adresa lui. Dar s膬 le luam pe r芒nd. Povestea de dragoste dintre Thomas 葯i Petra e una pe c芒t de frumoas膬, pe at芒t de trist膬. Ajuns la b膬tr芒ne葲e 葯i trec芒nd printr-un divor葲, Thomas e 卯ntr-un moment de cump膬n膬, un pachet for葲芒ndu-l s膬-葯i aminteasc膬 de cea mai frumoas膬 葯i dureroas膬 perioada din via葲a lui, perioada pove葯tii sale de iubire cu Petra, 卯n Berlinul 卯mp膬r葲it de Zid, m膬cinat de R膬zboiul Rece. Petra e o femeie misterioas膬, pe care ajungi s膬 o cuno葯ti cu adev膬rat doar la final, prin prisma jurnalului s膬u. P芒n膬 atunci, po葲i doar s膬 o judeci. Lucru pe care 卯l face 葯i Thomas. A葯 vrea s膬 spun c膬 orgoliul b膬rb膬tesc e de vin膬, c膬 lipsa de 卯ncredere 葯i de comunicare a lui Thomas au fost decisive 卯n povestea lor, dar m膬 卯ntreb cine ar fi procedat diferit 卯n locul lui? Nu vreau s膬 spun mai multe, pentru c膬 povestea 卯n sine e profund膬 葯i complex膬 葯i sunt convins膬 c膬 fiecare cititor va judeca 卯n mod diferit alegerile personajelor. Romanul acesta 卯葲i d膬 ni葯te lec葲ii dureroase, iar faptul c膬 finalul e realist 卯i aduce un mare plus. Cu to葲ii pre葲uim clipa abia dup膬 ce trece. Cu to葲ii facem alegeri pripite, ne l膬s膬m influen葲a葲i de aparen葲e 葯i nu ne ascult膬m instinctul. Pe unii 卯i cost膬 scump, pentru c膬 sunt condamna葲i s膬 tr膬iasc膬 toat膬 via葲a cu alegerile gre葯ite, al葲ii reu葯esc cumva s膬 卯ndrepte totul. Mi-a葯 fi dorit ca 葯i Petra 葯i Thomas s膬 fac膬 parte din a doua categorie. Povestea lor mi-a l膬sat un gol 卯n stomac 葯i cu asta cred c膬 pot concluziona totul.
Ce nu mi-a pl膬cut a fost abunden葲a detaliilor. Romanul acesta are un mesaj at芒t de puternic, nu avea nevoie de pagini de descrieri 葯i detalii politice. Povestea aceasta spus膬 simplu, 卯n 200 de pagini, ar fi fost perfect膬. Probabil autorul le-a ad膬ugat pentru a-葯i ajuta cititorul s膬 卯n葲eleag膬 foarte bine situa葲ia politic膬 a Germaniei de dup膬 r膬zboi. 脦ns膬 eu cred c膬 drama Petrei putea fi 卯n葲eleas膬 葯i f膬r膬, la fel 葯i alegerile lui Thomas.
Am ales citatele care mi-au pl膬cut cel mai mult 葯i care m-au pus pe g芒nduri 葯i le-am redat mai jos:
"Nu-葲i cuno葯ti niciodat膬 adev膬ratele sentimente pentru cineva p芒n膬 c芒nd acel cineva nu mai e 卯n via葲a ta."
"Ce repede Nu acum devine Niciodat膬."
"Dac膬 nu e葯ti 卯mp膬cat cu tine 卯nsu葲i, cum po葲i fi vreodat膬 卯mp膬cat cu al葲ii?"
"Toat膬 lumea are o durere veche sau dou膬. Sunt dureri cu care po葲i s膬 tr膬ie葯ti, iar altele care par s膬 nu dispar膬 niciodat膬."
Ce nu mi-a pl膬cut a fost abunden葲a detaliilor. Romanul acesta are un mesaj at芒t de puternic, nu avea nevoie de pagini de descrieri 葯i detalii politice. Povestea aceasta spus膬 simplu, 卯n 200 de pagini, ar fi fost perfect膬. Probabil autorul le-a ad膬ugat pentru a-葯i ajuta cititorul s膬 卯n葲eleag膬 foarte bine situa葲ia politic膬 a Germaniei de dup膬 r膬zboi. 脦ns膬 eu cred c膬 drama Petrei putea fi 卯n葲eleas膬 葯i f膬r膬, la fel 葯i alegerile lui Thomas.
Am ales citatele care mi-au pl膬cut cel mai mult 葯i care m-au pus pe g芒nduri 葯i le-am redat mai jos:
"Nu-葲i cuno葯ti niciodat膬 adev膬ratele sentimente pentru cineva p芒n膬 c芒nd acel cineva nu mai e 卯n via葲a ta."
"Ce repede Nu acum devine Niciodat膬."
"Dac膬 nu e葯ti 卯mp膬cat cu tine 卯nsu葲i, cum po葲i fi vreodat膬 卯mp膬cat cu al葲ii?"
"Toat膬 lumea are o durere veche sau dou膬. Sunt dureri cu care po葲i s膬 tr膬ie葯ti, iar altele care par s膬 nu dispar膬 niciodat膬."
January 3, 2017
袨斜褉械褔械薪芯褋褌! 小 褌芯胁邪 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈械 褖械 褋胁褗褉蟹胁邪屑 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪. 袧邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 薪邪 写褉褍谐芯 懈薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢薪芯 薪懈胁芯, 泻芯械褌芯 薪褟屑邪 写邪 写芯褋褌懈谐薪邪 胁 褌芯蟹懈 卸懈胁芯褌.
袙褗锌褉械泻懈 , 褔械 褋褗屑 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪懈泻 薪邪 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褌械 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟, 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 锌芯褉邪写懈 屑谢邪写芯褋褌 懈谢懈 谐谢锟斤拷锌芯褋褌, 薪械 褋褗屑 斜懈谢邪 胁 褌械褔械薪懈械 薪邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻 褋褌芯褟褌 薪械褖邪褌邪 锌芯 褌芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械. 袠 蟹邪 屑芯泄 芯谐褉芯屑械薪 泻褗褋屑械褌 薪械 褋褗屑 懈屑邪谢邪 写懈褉械泻褌械薪 褋斜谢褗褋褗泻 褋 写械泄褋褌胁懈褌械谢薪芯褋褌褌邪.
小谢械写 胁褋褟泻邪 锌褉芯褔械褌械薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 屑懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪 胁褉械屑械 蟹邪 写邪 胁谢褟蟹邪 胁 褉械邪谢薪懈褟 褋胁褟褌.孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 屑懈 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁邪, 斜褉懈谢褟薪褌械薪 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪褔.
"袙褋械泻懈 芯褌 薪邪褋 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌褗褌褍胁邪 褋 薪邪写械卸写邪. 袛芯褉懈 写邪 褋懈 屑懈褋谢懈屑, 褔械 褋屑械 懈蟹谐褍斜械薪懈,褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸邪胁邪屑械 褋 芯锌懈褌懈褌械 写邪 褍斜械写懈屑 褋邪屑懈 褋械斜械 褋懈,褔械 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋屑械薪懈 褋泻芯褉芯褋褌懈褌械-懈 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌械锌褗褉胁邪 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈."
"袟邪斜褉邪胁褟屑械 , 褔械 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐褗胁泻邪胁....褔械 芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪芯 褋邪屑懈 懈蟹斜懈褉邪屑械 芯谐褉邪薪懈褔械薪懈褟褌邪 懈 褏芯褉懈蟹芯薪褌懈褌械 褋懈."
"袦芯屑械薪褌.
袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 锌褉芯屑械薪懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯.袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌 , 泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈 蟹邪斜谢褍卸写邪胁邪. 袠谢懈 屑芯屑械薪褌褗褌,泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈 泻邪蟹胁邪 泻芯懈 褋屑械,泻邪泻胁芯 褌褗褉褋懈屑,泻邪泻胁芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 懈褋泻邪屑械 写邪 褉邪蟹斜褍谢懈屑....懈 胁锟斤拷褉芯褟褌薪芯 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 褍褋锌械械屑 写邪 谐芯 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈屑.
袛邪谢懈 械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 写邪 褋械 芯褋胁芯斜芯写懈屑 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈 屑芯屑械薪褌?"
袙褗锌褉械泻懈 , 褔械 褋褗屑 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪懈泻 薪邪 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褌械 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟, 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 锌芯褉邪写懈 屑谢邪写芯褋褌 懈谢懈 谐谢锟斤拷锌芯褋褌, 薪械 褋褗屑 斜懈谢邪 胁 褌械褔械薪懈械 薪邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻 褋褌芯褟褌 薪械褖邪褌邪 锌芯 褌芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械. 袠 蟹邪 屑芯泄 芯谐褉芯屑械薪 泻褗褋屑械褌 薪械 褋褗屑 懈屑邪谢邪 写懈褉械泻褌械薪 褋斜谢褗褋褗泻 褋 写械泄褋褌胁懈褌械谢薪芯褋褌褌邪.
小谢械写 胁褋褟泻邪 锌褉芯褔械褌械薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 屑懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪 胁褉械屑械 蟹邪 写邪 胁谢褟蟹邪 胁 褉械邪谢薪懈褟 褋胁褟褌.孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 屑懈 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁邪, 斜褉懈谢褟薪褌械薪 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪褔.
"袙褋械泻懈 芯褌 薪邪褋 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌褗褌褍胁邪 褋 薪邪写械卸写邪. 袛芯褉懈 写邪 褋懈 屑懈褋谢懈屑, 褔械 褋屑械 懈蟹谐褍斜械薪懈,褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸邪胁邪屑械 褋 芯锌懈褌懈褌械 写邪 褍斜械写懈屑 褋邪屑懈 褋械斜械 褋懈,褔械 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋屑械薪懈 褋泻芯褉芯褋褌懈褌械-懈 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌械锌褗褉胁邪 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈."
"袟邪斜褉邪胁褟屑械 , 褔械 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐褗胁泻邪胁....褔械 芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪芯 褋邪屑懈 懈蟹斜懈褉邪屑械 芯谐褉邪薪懈褔械薪懈褟褌邪 懈 褏芯褉懈蟹芯薪褌懈褌械 褋懈."
"袦芯屑械薪褌.
袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 锌褉芯屑械薪懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯.袦芯屑械薪褌褗褌 , 泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈 蟹邪斜谢褍卸写邪胁邪. 袠谢懈 屑芯屑械薪褌褗褌,泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈 泻邪蟹胁邪 泻芯懈 褋屑械,泻邪泻胁芯 褌褗褉褋懈屑,泻邪泻胁芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 懈褋泻邪屑械 写邪 褉邪蟹斜褍谢懈屑....懈 胁锟斤拷褉芯褟褌薪芯 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 褍褋锌械械屑 写邪 谐芯 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈屑.
袛邪谢懈 械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 写邪 褋械 芯褋胁芯斜芯写懈屑 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈 屑芯屑械薪褌?"
April 14, 2011
This is one of my favorite books EVER! I've never read anything by Douglas Kennedy and I think I'll have to read more.
This is the story of Thomas Nesbitt, a travel writer, who just received divorce papers from his wife. After avoiding a freak-accident, Nesbitt returns home and finds a box from a long-lost love. The story begins as he remembers his time in Berlin with Petra. The story ponders the idea of being in the moment and how our decisions really do have long term effects. I loved the characters, the brutal honesty, and the vivid writing. I also enjoyed learning about Berlin and the Wall in the 1980's.
This would be a wonderful book club selection.
This is the story of Thomas Nesbitt, a travel writer, who just received divorce papers from his wife. After avoiding a freak-accident, Nesbitt returns home and finds a box from a long-lost love. The story begins as he remembers his time in Berlin with Petra. The story ponders the idea of being in the moment and how our decisions really do have long term effects. I loved the characters, the brutal honesty, and the vivid writing. I also enjoyed learning about Berlin and the Wall in the 1980's.
This would be a wonderful book club selection.
July 2, 2011
I have read a hundred books in my life, but there's only a few that I will never forget. This book is one of the few.
The Moment tells the story of Thomas Nesbitt (the travel writer) and Petra (the translator) who met and fall in love at the time when Berlin was divided in two. Thomas, an American, decided to write about Berlin in his second travel book. He met Petra, an aloof german translator who was recently exiled from East Berlin. While Petra tries very hard to avoid Thomas, because of the ongoing sorrow that haunts her, she couldn't help herself but fall for Thomas. Their love for each other was perfect in every way, the kind that everybody dreams of having. But when Petra's secret life was revealed to Thomas, it brought them to a moment that would define the rest of their lives.
This book will make us think of how we live our life, how the little things make up the whole, how a moment can either make us truly happy or lonely. We always ask 'what ifs'...if we could have done thing differently in the past, what or where will I be? The present always answers the question.
The story is brilliant, powerful and will have (hopefully) a positive lasting impact.
The Moment tells the story of Thomas Nesbitt (the travel writer) and Petra (the translator) who met and fall in love at the time when Berlin was divided in two. Thomas, an American, decided to write about Berlin in his second travel book. He met Petra, an aloof german translator who was recently exiled from East Berlin. While Petra tries very hard to avoid Thomas, because of the ongoing sorrow that haunts her, she couldn't help herself but fall for Thomas. Their love for each other was perfect in every way, the kind that everybody dreams of having. But when Petra's secret life was revealed to Thomas, it brought them to a moment that would define the rest of their lives.
This book will make us think of how we live our life, how the little things make up the whole, how a moment can either make us truly happy or lonely. We always ask 'what ifs'...if we could have done thing differently in the past, what or where will I be? The present always answers the question.
The story is brilliant, powerful and will have (hopefully) a positive lasting impact.
May 28, 2020
Me intriga mucho la forma en la que Douglas Kennedy es capaz de hacer novelas de amor y tragedia con tanta inteligencia y habilidad narrativa.
Tambi茅n dise帽a muy bien los escenarios hist贸ricos, como en este caso lo es Berl铆n en la d茅cada de los ochenta, a帽os antes de la ca铆da del muro.
Gran libro. Qued茅 prendado de los protagonistas: un escritor norteamericano, quien es el narrador, y una mujer exiliada de Alemania Oriental, el mejor personaje de la novela a m铆 parecer.
Tambi茅n dise帽a muy bien los escenarios hist贸ricos, como en este caso lo es Berl铆n en la d茅cada de los ochenta, a帽os antes de la ca铆da del muro.
Gran libro. Qued茅 prendado de los protagonistas: un escritor norteamericano, quien es el narrador, y una mujer exiliada de Alemania Oriental, el mejor personaje de la novela a m铆 parecer.
July 3, 2024
"Niekada nenuvertinkite atsitiktinum懦 - kartais jie nulemia 啪mogaus gyvenim膮. Atsid奴rus tam tikru metu tam tikroje vietoje gali i拧 esm臈s pasikeisti gyvenimo trajektorija, nenuvertinkit 拧ito. Mes esame atsitiktini懦 m奴s懦 gyvenimo ritm懦 寞kaitai - to irgi nenuvertinkit.
Myl臈ti tave. B奴ti mylimai - tai dovana. Buvau verta tav臋s. Tu buvai vertas man臋s. Buvo akimirka - ir jos nebeliko. Galvoju apie mudu ir verkiu.
O 拧alia viso to dar yra... Akimirka. Akimirka, galinti pakeisti visk膮. Arba nieko. Akimirka, kuri mums meluoja. Arba pasako, kas esame, ko trok拧tame, k膮 norime surasti... ir ko niekada nerasime.
Ar mes kada nors b奴sime laisvi ir nepriklausomi nuo akimirkos? ".
Nuostabus romanas, jausminga meil臈s istorija tarp dviej懦 啪moni懦 ir pabaiga, kokios nesitik臈site.Jautru iki a拧ar懦.
Myl臈ti tave. B奴ti mylimai - tai dovana. Buvau verta tav臋s. Tu buvai vertas man臋s. Buvo akimirka - ir jos nebeliko. Galvoju apie mudu ir verkiu.
O 拧alia viso to dar yra... Akimirka. Akimirka, galinti pakeisti visk膮. Arba nieko. Akimirka, kuri mums meluoja. Arba pasako, kas esame, ko trok拧tame, k膮 norime surasti... ir ko niekada nerasime.
Ar mes kada nors b奴sime laisvi ir nepriklausomi nuo akimirkos? ".
Nuostabus romanas, jausminga meil臈s istorija tarp dviej懦 啪moni懦 ir pabaiga, kokios nesitik臈site.Jautru iki a拧ar懦.
December 23, 2011
Our lives are made up of a series of moments. For some, one incident can make or break you. Will you come to regret a decision you only had a moment to make? Or will it be the best decision you ever made?
"Though you might think, at the time, that this "something" is rooted in an obvious need (sex, romance, or other variations on an amorous theme), the truth is: you won't understand what the true meaning of the moment was until long after it has been stored in that cluttered room we litter with memory." Pg. 25
In The Moment by Douglas Kennedy travel writer Thomas Nesbitt has struggled internally with a decision he made 20-plus years ago. In a moment, Thomas focused more on his own hurt rather waiting for an explanation. He has moved on and formed a life, but is it the life he could have had?
He is now a middle-age man with a daughter in college and a long-dead marriage. He's content to let the divorce proceedings begin while he is locked away in a cabin working on his next book. Thomas' heart belongs to his daughter and his books, everything else is secondary. Growing up with parents who constantly fought taught Thomas to find an escape. But a package from a long-lost love throws Thomas for a loop. Rather than open the package, Thomas chooses to read a long-buried manuscript. The meat of the book is one long look at Thomas' past in 1980s Germany. A time when the Berlin Wall, separating East and West Germany, still existed. Trust and honesty seemed hard to come by as long as that wall was there.
While in staying in West Germany, Thomas falls in love with a beautiful translator, Petra Dussman. While looking into a job lead, he sees Petra. In that brief moment, Thomas knows there is something about Petra. Is it attraction? Is it love? Whatever it is he has to explore it despite her surly demeanor. He is determined to crack that shell. This is where I have a little problem. Almost instantly they fall in love. They have deep conversations and long loving looks at each other. It's just too good to be true. I have never believed in love at first sight. It's like Thomas and Petra are living in the clouds. They're the only two people in the world. Before long they're living together with Thomas and his eccentric roommate Alastair, a flamboyant gay artist. Do they ask him if she can move in? Not really.
But their romance brings both characters back to life. Thomas finally believes he can have a loving future despite the example his parents set forth. Petra is finally forgetting about the torture she suffered in East Germany. On her former side of the wall, Petra is considered a traitor. Her son is taken from her. After a year of freedom on the West side of the wall, Petra truly feels free. With Thomas, a future is possible and less painful. But after all the time that is taken to build this romance, Douglas Kennedy totally flips it. I was starting to believe in their romance, and then I start to question everything. I can't tell you what he does because that would spoil the book for you!!
The first half of the book feels a little slow. There is so much build up to the moment when Thomas and Petra finally meet. Clocking in at 535 pages, I think the book could have been cut down as some chapters are a little wordy. The second half is where the action picks up. You want to keep turning the pages because there are some moments that will pull at your heartstrings.
Rating: Give it a try
Note: I received a copy from the publisher (Atria) at the request of the author's publicist (Lucinda Literary) in exchange for an honest review.
"Though you might think, at the time, that this "something" is rooted in an obvious need (sex, romance, or other variations on an amorous theme), the truth is: you won't understand what the true meaning of the moment was until long after it has been stored in that cluttered room we litter with memory." Pg. 25
In The Moment by Douglas Kennedy travel writer Thomas Nesbitt has struggled internally with a decision he made 20-plus years ago. In a moment, Thomas focused more on his own hurt rather waiting for an explanation. He has moved on and formed a life, but is it the life he could have had?
He is now a middle-age man with a daughter in college and a long-dead marriage. He's content to let the divorce proceedings begin while he is locked away in a cabin working on his next book. Thomas' heart belongs to his daughter and his books, everything else is secondary. Growing up with parents who constantly fought taught Thomas to find an escape. But a package from a long-lost love throws Thomas for a loop. Rather than open the package, Thomas chooses to read a long-buried manuscript. The meat of the book is one long look at Thomas' past in 1980s Germany. A time when the Berlin Wall, separating East and West Germany, still existed. Trust and honesty seemed hard to come by as long as that wall was there.
While in staying in West Germany, Thomas falls in love with a beautiful translator, Petra Dussman. While looking into a job lead, he sees Petra. In that brief moment, Thomas knows there is something about Petra. Is it attraction? Is it love? Whatever it is he has to explore it despite her surly demeanor. He is determined to crack that shell. This is where I have a little problem. Almost instantly they fall in love. They have deep conversations and long loving looks at each other. It's just too good to be true. I have never believed in love at first sight. It's like Thomas and Petra are living in the clouds. They're the only two people in the world. Before long they're living together with Thomas and his eccentric roommate Alastair, a flamboyant gay artist. Do they ask him if she can move in? Not really.
But their romance brings both characters back to life. Thomas finally believes he can have a loving future despite the example his parents set forth. Petra is finally forgetting about the torture she suffered in East Germany. On her former side of the wall, Petra is considered a traitor. Her son is taken from her. After a year of freedom on the West side of the wall, Petra truly feels free. With Thomas, a future is possible and less painful. But after all the time that is taken to build this romance, Douglas Kennedy totally flips it. I was starting to believe in their romance, and then I start to question everything. I can't tell you what he does because that would spoil the book for you!!
The first half of the book feels a little slow. There is so much build up to the moment when Thomas and Petra finally meet. Clocking in at 535 pages, I think the book could have been cut down as some chapters are a little wordy. The second half is where the action picks up. You want to keep turning the pages because there are some moments that will pull at your heartstrings.
Rating: Give it a try
Note: I received a copy from the publisher (Atria) at the request of the author's publicist (Lucinda Literary) in exchange for an honest review.
October 22, 2021
Douglas Kennedy 鈥淎kimirka鈥� 鉁嶏笍
Tai li奴dnas istorinis romanas, kuriame 寞 meil臋 啪velgiama vieni拧o ra拧ytojo akimis. 馃摑
Tomas Nesbitas, gim臋s ir aug臋s Amerikoje, 寞kv臈pimo savo ra拧omoms knygoms semiasi keliaudamas. 艩寞 kart膮 jis leid啪iasi kelion臈n 寞 Berlyn膮, kur寞 寞 dvi dalis dalija per vis膮 miest膮 nusidriekusi siena. Nor臈damas patirti tikr膮 berlynie膷io gyvenim膮 jis 寞sidarbina vietiniame radijuje. Ir ten sutinka Petr膮. Moter寞 kuriai jis netrukus ima jausti nepaneigiam膮 ir bes膮lygi拧k膮 meil臋. Ta膷iau Tomas ne啪ino k膮 jai teko patirti prie拧 susipa啪寞stant. Ryt懦 Berlyne tvyrant grie啪tam politiniam re啪imui visi miestie膷iai jau膷iasi nesaugiai, o gatv臈s pilnos slapta veikian膷i懦 agent懦. Visa tai ir Petro bei Tomo praeitis i拧bando j懦 meil臋 寞vairiausiais aspektais.
Atsivertusi 拧i膮 knyg膮 tik臈jausi rimto, gan sauso istorinio romano, bet netik臈tai jame atradau labai daug gilios meil臈s! Taip pat nustebino tai, kad visa meil臈s persmelkta istorija buvo pasakojama vyro akimis, kas romanuose sutinkama gan臈tinai retai. 艩ioje knygoje buvo be galo daug li奴desio ir skausmo. Ji labai gerai perteikia t膮 pirmin寞 寞simyl臈jimo svaigul寞 ir kitas po to sekan膷ias gyvenimo stadijas. Labai 寞dom懦 atspalv寞 suteikia ir tai, kad visas veiksmas vyksta Vokietijoje, Berlyne kuomet jis buvo atskirta 寞 Ryt懦 ir Vakar懦 dalis. Veik臈jai susiduria su 寞vairiais to meto ribojimais, 啪valgais ir tvyran膷ia baime. O labiausiai 拧ioje knygoje man patiko tai kokie netik臈ti vingiai buvo pasl臈pti jos siu啪ete. Antroji knygos dalis tikrai labai nustebino! Net 寞 t膮 nustebinimo aspekt膮 besikoncentruojantys detektyvai retai kada sugeba taip stebinti! 馃く
鈥濵es visados viliam臈s gauti tai, kas nesuderinama net ir su akivaizd啪iausia tiesa. Kiekvienas giliai 拧irdyje tikime tuo, kas prie拧tarauja tikrovei.鈥�
Rekomenduoju 拧i膮 knyg膮 visiems istorini懦 roman懦 gerb臈jams norintiems li奴dnos istorijos, kuri tiesiog alsuoja i拧skirtine meile. 馃А
4,5 猸愶笍 | 2021 鈥� 59 馃摎
Tai li奴dnas istorinis romanas, kuriame 寞 meil臋 啪velgiama vieni拧o ra拧ytojo akimis. 馃摑
Tomas Nesbitas, gim臋s ir aug臋s Amerikoje, 寞kv臈pimo savo ra拧omoms knygoms semiasi keliaudamas. 艩寞 kart膮 jis leid啪iasi kelion臈n 寞 Berlyn膮, kur寞 寞 dvi dalis dalija per vis膮 miest膮 nusidriekusi siena. Nor臈damas patirti tikr膮 berlynie膷io gyvenim膮 jis 寞sidarbina vietiniame radijuje. Ir ten sutinka Petr膮. Moter寞 kuriai jis netrukus ima jausti nepaneigiam膮 ir bes膮lygi拧k膮 meil臋. Ta膷iau Tomas ne啪ino k膮 jai teko patirti prie拧 susipa啪寞stant. Ryt懦 Berlyne tvyrant grie啪tam politiniam re啪imui visi miestie膷iai jau膷iasi nesaugiai, o gatv臈s pilnos slapta veikian膷i懦 agent懦. Visa tai ir Petro bei Tomo praeitis i拧bando j懦 meil臋 寞vairiausiais aspektais.
Atsivertusi 拧i膮 knyg膮 tik臈jausi rimto, gan sauso istorinio romano, bet netik臈tai jame atradau labai daug gilios meil臈s! Taip pat nustebino tai, kad visa meil臈s persmelkta istorija buvo pasakojama vyro akimis, kas romanuose sutinkama gan臈tinai retai. 艩ioje knygoje buvo be galo daug li奴desio ir skausmo. Ji labai gerai perteikia t膮 pirmin寞 寞simyl臈jimo svaigul寞 ir kitas po to sekan膷ias gyvenimo stadijas. Labai 寞dom懦 atspalv寞 suteikia ir tai, kad visas veiksmas vyksta Vokietijoje, Berlyne kuomet jis buvo atskirta 寞 Ryt懦 ir Vakar懦 dalis. Veik臈jai susiduria su 寞vairiais to meto ribojimais, 啪valgais ir tvyran膷ia baime. O labiausiai 拧ioje knygoje man patiko tai kokie netik臈ti vingiai buvo pasl臈pti jos siu啪ete. Antroji knygos dalis tikrai labai nustebino! Net 寞 t膮 nustebinimo aspekt膮 besikoncentruojantys detektyvai retai kada sugeba taip stebinti! 馃く
鈥濵es visados viliam臈s gauti tai, kas nesuderinama net ir su akivaizd啪iausia tiesa. Kiekvienas giliai 拧irdyje tikime tuo, kas prie拧tarauja tikrovei.鈥�
Rekomenduoju 拧i膮 knyg膮 visiems istorini懦 roman懦 gerb臈jams norintiems li奴dnos istorijos, kuri tiesiog alsuoja i拧skirtine meile. 馃А
4,5 猸愶笍 | 2021 鈥� 59 馃摎
December 4, 2023
鈻笍Las sombras de la Guerra Fr铆a.
鈻笍Thomas un escritor estadounidense.
鈻笍Un paquete inesperado con matasellos alem谩n trastocar谩 los cimientos de la existencia de Thomas.
鈻笍Un magistral retrato de las complejidades del ser humano y las miserias de la vida.
Una historia dura y conmovedora que explora una intensa historia de amor en la 茅poca de la Guerra Fr铆a en la Berl铆n dividida de 1984, entre Thomas & Petra en la Alemania Oriental.
Me ha parecido un fascinante viaje emocional d贸nde Kennedy teje un retrato conciso de una ciudad orgullosa de su anarquismo y su hedonismo con un aspecto decadente, te hace sentir bajo la piel 茅sa atm贸sfera tensa por su pasado cargado de horrores frente a un presente de convivencia con la sordidez del comunismo.
Enmarcado en 茅se contexto hist贸rico se encuentran ELLOS, mi querido Thomas y Petra.
脡sa tensi贸n inherente entre dos personas que se estudian mutuamente tanto sus necesidades, deseos y esperanzas junto al miedo a hacer una apuesta demasiado alta y quemarse.
馃挃 Petra Dussmann tiene mucho que contarnos siendo una exiliada que hab铆a hu铆do de un r茅gimen opresor y conocer su historia te aprieta el coraz贸n, sent铆a la necesidad de abrazarla.
Una gran historia que nos muestra que jam谩s podemos cambiar lo que nos ha hecho ser lo que somos, las m煤ltiples complejidades de la vida en 茅se vaiv茅n entre el asombro y el horror d贸nde tambi茅n tiene cabida el optimismo y la desesperanza.
Al fin y al cabo somos lo que nos ha pasado, todo lo que no tuvimos, todo lo que siempre quisimos pero nunca deseamos todo lo que encontramos y despu茅s perdimos...
Podr铆a decir tanto de 茅sta MARAVILLA, un constante aprendizaje y una gran lecci贸n de vida 馃鉁笍
Es m谩s que una historia de amor, una historia de redenci贸n, desamparo y desasosiego fusionada en una trama de espionaje espectacular.
鈻笍Thomas un escritor estadounidense.
鈻笍Un paquete inesperado con matasellos alem谩n trastocar谩 los cimientos de la existencia de Thomas.
鈻笍Un magistral retrato de las complejidades del ser humano y las miserias de la vida.
Una historia dura y conmovedora que explora una intensa historia de amor en la 茅poca de la Guerra Fr铆a en la Berl铆n dividida de 1984, entre Thomas & Petra en la Alemania Oriental.
Me ha parecido un fascinante viaje emocional d贸nde Kennedy teje un retrato conciso de una ciudad orgullosa de su anarquismo y su hedonismo con un aspecto decadente, te hace sentir bajo la piel 茅sa atm贸sfera tensa por su pasado cargado de horrores frente a un presente de convivencia con la sordidez del comunismo.
Enmarcado en 茅se contexto hist贸rico se encuentran ELLOS, mi querido Thomas y Petra.
脡sa tensi贸n inherente entre dos personas que se estudian mutuamente tanto sus necesidades, deseos y esperanzas junto al miedo a hacer una apuesta demasiado alta y quemarse.
馃挃 Petra Dussmann tiene mucho que contarnos siendo una exiliada que hab铆a hu铆do de un r茅gimen opresor y conocer su historia te aprieta el coraz贸n, sent铆a la necesidad de abrazarla.
Una gran historia que nos muestra que jam谩s podemos cambiar lo que nos ha hecho ser lo que somos, las m煤ltiples complejidades de la vida en 茅se vaiv茅n entre el asombro y el horror d贸nde tambi茅n tiene cabida el optimismo y la desesperanza.
Al fin y al cabo somos lo que nos ha pasado, todo lo que no tuvimos, todo lo que siempre quisimos pero nunca deseamos todo lo que encontramos y despu茅s perdimos...
Podr铆a decir tanto de 茅sta MARAVILLA, un constante aprendizaje y una gran lecci贸n de vida 馃鉁笍
Es m谩s que una historia de amor, una historia de redenci贸n, desamparo y desasosiego fusionada en una trama de espionaje espectacular.
May 15, 2011
Book Review
The Moment is a novel written primarily about Berlin in 1984, when the Wall was still in place, dividing East from West Germany. Mr. Kennedy writes a story of a travel writer who goes to Berlin to write the follow up to his debut novel. Perhaps because the story is about a writer, I found it took a very long time to get to the main plot of the story, with a lot of unimportant details. There was much written about the main character's life before his trip to Berlin, which was really unnecessary. Once I got to the story on Berlin, it was very well written and exciting. It describes the complexity of what that time must have been like for people living in divided Germany. His description of the city, both East and West make the reader want to travel there to see the city even now years after the Wall has come down. The plot regarding the spying and espionage was a bit predictable but you feel bad for Thomas, the main character in the novel because he has either been duped or lost his one chance for true love in his lifetime. The author does give us the perspective of Petra, the young woman Thomas falls in love with, but it may have been better if we had her perspective mixed in with Thomas' throughout the story, not just in a few chapters near the end. Overall it was a good book, especially if you like travel or destination novels.
Book Rating: 3/5
Book Received From: Atria/Simon & Schuster for Review
Reviewer: Gabi for Book Sake.
The Moment is a novel written primarily about Berlin in 1984, when the Wall was still in place, dividing East from West Germany. Mr. Kennedy writes a story of a travel writer who goes to Berlin to write the follow up to his debut novel. Perhaps because the story is about a writer, I found it took a very long time to get to the main plot of the story, with a lot of unimportant details. There was much written about the main character's life before his trip to Berlin, which was really unnecessary. Once I got to the story on Berlin, it was very well written and exciting. It describes the complexity of what that time must have been like for people living in divided Germany. His description of the city, both East and West make the reader want to travel there to see the city even now years after the Wall has come down. The plot regarding the spying and espionage was a bit predictable but you feel bad for Thomas, the main character in the novel because he has either been duped or lost his one chance for true love in his lifetime. The author does give us the perspective of Petra, the young woman Thomas falls in love with, but it may have been better if we had her perspective mixed in with Thomas' throughout the story, not just in a few chapters near the end. Overall it was a good book, especially if you like travel or destination novels.
Book Rating: 3/5
Book Received From: Atria/Simon & Schuster for Review
Reviewer: Gabi for Book Sake.
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