The Tortoise and the Hare -

Elizabeth Jenkins

Virago Press

2009

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9781844084944

In affairs of the heart the race is not necessarily won by the swift or the fair. Imogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged and ungainly - the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding. 'A subtle and beautiful book ...Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you - but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will want to read twice?' Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times

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4 (Muito bom)

A tartaruga e a lebre

Confesso que inicialmente achei a estória entediante mas depois se tornou agonizante, o fim de um casamento,um estilo de vida,o papel de "esposa" submissa,o do marido como "semideus" ,um novo começo, uma nova mulher,se passa na Inglaterra pós guerra,mas poderia ser em qualquer lugar do mundo e reflete o porvir de relacionamentos modernos.