Robert C. Sherriff Boeken

A ghostly tale of one man's chance to do things differently from R.C. Sherriff, author of 20th-century classic Journey's End.

A man retires from his job but finds that never were truer words said than ‘for better, for worse but not for lunch’. His boredom, his wife’s (suppressed and confused) dismay at the quiet orderliness of her life being destroyed, their growing tension with each other, is beautifully and kindly described. Then one day they do something they used to do more often – leave St John’s Wood and go out into the countryside for the day. And that walk changes their lives forever: they see a house for sale, decide to move there, and the nub of the book is a description of their leaving London, the move, and the new life they create for themselves.

The funny and moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England 'I loved this book, by turns funny and tragic ... It moves between abject despair and good old-fashioned British stoicism with ease. Magical' Jeff Noon, Spectator, Books of the Year 2018 Retired teacher Edgar Hopkins lives for the thrill of winning poultry prizes. But his narrow world is shattered when he learns that the moon is about to come crashing into the earth, with apocalyptic consequences. The manuscript he leaves behind will be a testament - to his growing humanity and to how one English village tried to survive the end of the world... Written in 1939 as the world was teetering on the brink of global war, R. C. Sherriff's tragicomic novel is a masterly work of science fiction, and a powerful warning from the past. 'Spectacular, skilled and moving. It is supremely and alarmingly relevant' Fay Weldon 'Intensely readable and touching' Sunday Telegraph

English family of five spends vacation at the seashore.

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Set in World War I, this novel concerns the lives of a group of British officers on the front line and opens in the trenches in France. Raleigh, fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero, Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed.

Voller Vorfreude bricht die Familie Stevens an die englische Südküste auf, mit sorgsam gepacktem Koffer und diesem wunderbar freien Gefühl im Bauch, wenn der Urlaub beginnt. Die geliebte Pension ist ein wenig in die Jahre gekommen, aber irgendetwas sagt Mr Stevens, dass diese Ferien die schönsten werden, die sie je hatten. Und so lassen sie sich verführen: vom Geflatter des Drachens und Cricket im warmen Sand, von einem behaglichen Glas Port und der erleuchteten Promenade am Abend. Und jeden Tag wieder lockt das Meer, das so sehr glitzert, dass man es vor Glück kaum fassen kann. Die Familie Stevens besitzt die Fähigkeit, das Dunklere, das jeder in sich trägt, zu verwandeln und die verborgene Größe des Selbstverständlichen zu genießen. Sie nimmt uns mit in einen unvergesslichen Sommer.