Non che le due storie non mi siano piaciute, ma Mrs Donaldson non ce l'ho vista proprio ad accettare la proposta di Andy e fidanzata. Bennett non me lo ha reso credibile. Credo sarebbero bastate tre righe in più per dettagliare meglio quella necessità. L'idea alla base però è eccellente.La second...
Alan Bennett is a lovely man. Lovely writer, kindly, gentle and wise. His short stories and reflections on life past and present are always worth reading. Anyone who allowed a batty old woman to live in her caravan on his driveway for many years deserves respect!Smut is short, witty and....smutty...
Alan Bennett writes about growing up in the 30's and 40's,in this heart-rendering memoir. His parents relationship, his aunties, his life flows with such clear, graphical precision, that it takes my breath away. His parents wanted to fit in with cocktail parties, and other neighborhood events, bu...
Currently almost half-way through and, to be honest, it's a toss-up as to whether or not I'll get much further. Friends who I write letters to always say that my letters are like Alan Bennett and, having only seen the "Talking Heads" monologues and other Alan Bennett pieces on TV and having read ...
The lessen I have learnt from this collection, is that I have not read enough, not by far. I dipped in and out of a brain who is comfortable with Kafka, Larkin, Auden, Proust, and other intelligent poets and writers. But this is not a stuffy intellectual brain, but a thoughtful, patient, kind, ...
Utterly useless play. The occasional "witty" line, but the whole thing felt very self-serving, self-congratulatory, and mechanical. And this pile of self-consciously Teddibly Intellectual Claptrap won the Tony for Best Play over Martin McDonagh's magnificent LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE. The review...
I have a Goodreads shelf called British Charm, and one of my favorites from that group is Alan Bennett's The Uncommon Reader, a delightful novella about what would happen if the Queen of England suddenly became an avid reader. My affection for that book inspires me to seek out anything Mr. Bennet...
