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(Review)
Ich habe David Newbys Geschichten mit großem Genuss, mit großer Bewunderung gelesen. Man hört aus jedem Satz ein liebevolles, inneres Lachen heraus, welches andere vermutlich Humor nennen würden. Ein zutiefst humanes Gelächter, geboren aus einer Liebe zu dem, das die Franzosen »La Comédie Humaine« nennen. Man verliebt sich in die Figuren, sie sind mit einer feinen Ironie gezeichnet, ähnlich dem englischsprachigen »Biedermeier« oder den Regency-Romanen Jane Austens. - Nicholas Allen (Vienna's English Theatre)
(Text)
Worlds Apart is about relationships between men and women from different places, different languages, different national cultures, different religions, different lifestyles, and of course, different genders. The stories are humorous yet heart-rending, satirical yet sensitive, upsetting yet uplifting - essential reading for anyone who loves life, language and British humour.
(Review)
All stories are about love, relationships and the British way of life, seen from different point of views and as adopted by different cultures and they all contain unexpected turns and twists. Language is important, not only connected to the content, but used in a splendid way, playing with idioms, giving words and phrases amusing new contexts, which makes the book a real pleasure to read and makes the reader not only smile but laugh out loud. - Circlestones Books Blog
(Extract)
It was on a cool and drizzly June afternoon that Heinrich Strasser stepped onto the quay side at Dover. In doing so, he saw himself as a passive, pacifist Julius Caesar: he would come, he would see, he would be conquered, by all things British. Like an inverted missionary, he was here to have the Good News spread to him by the natives.- Culture Lovers'I think my husband might be secretly in love with you.''Don't be ridiculous! How could anyone be in love with me?'- Joy of man's desiring'Oh fuck!' he murmured as he poured himself a glass of his beloved Armagnac brandy. Being of a literary bent, he would probably have chosen different words, had he known that they were to be his last."- Framing
(Author portrait)
David Newby was, until his retirement, professor of linguistics and language didactics at Graz University, Austria, and Bergen University, Norway. He is the author of academic publications, school textbooks and several works of drama. His play The Language of Love was a finalist in the BBC World Service playwriting competition. The Family Album was performed on three school tours by Vienna's English Theatre. His most recent play is Love Conquers All.
