Jan 01, 2008 an elegant meditative book teaches a painfully ironic life lesson in germanswiss author merciers searching 2004 novel, a critically acclaimed international bestseller being published in the united states for the first time. Dec 05, 20 thus begins night train to lisbon, an old fashioned romantic mystery that benefits from a wizened, muchhonored cast and a stillexotic setting. Night train to lisbon, a beautiful book with so many great quotes. Nov 16, 2015 last night i watched the fi1m, night train to lisbon with jeremy irons, based on the book by pascal mercier. A huge international best seller, this ambitious novel plu. With jeremy irons, melanie laurent, jack huston, martina gedeck. This might be more suited to a sunday afternoon tv slot, but i have a soft spot for.
Night train to lisbon by pascal mercier librarything. Night train to lisbon 20 plot summary 5 swiss professor raimund gregorius jeremy irons abandons his lectures and buttoneddown life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself. Ena sendijarevics take me somewhere nice doesnt take us. In a world filled with bad novels, really bad novels, and experimental neononpostnovels, its a treat to find a good, oldfashioned literate novel, one with layers of thought expressed in clear but evocative prose. Trains from lisbon train times, fares, online tickets.
Raimund gregorius is a legendary and nearinfallible figure in that small world, dedicated entirely to his work, interested only in his greek and latin and hebrew. Swiss professor raimund gregorius jeremy irons abandons his lectures and buttoneddown life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself. There are 7 ways to get from lisbon to gibraltar by bus, night train, train, car, plane or car ferry. Feb 01, 2009 night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. Based on the 2004 novel night train to lisbon by pascal mercier and written by greg latter and ulrich herrmann, the film is about a swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life to embark on a thrilling. Night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. Praise for night train to lisbon one of the most thoughtful and entertaining novels to come out of europe in a decade.
He packs his bag and takes a night train to lisbon. Theres an excellent overnight sleeper train called the trainhotel lusitania leaving lisbon santa apolonia for lisbon city centre every night at 21. How to get from lisbon to gibraltar by bus, night train. Select an option below to see stepbystep directions and to compare ticket. When a chance encounter with an enigmatic woman leads him to a book that inspires him to question his life, raimund gregorius discovers that life can change. Raimund gregorius jeremy irons is a latin teacher from berne. Night train to lisbon centres on a high school classics teacher from berne who has spent almost his entire life first as a pupil, then as a teacher at the same school in berne. An engrossing book that absorbs the reader into the world of its narrator, raimund gregorius, and the life, times. Night train to lisbon is a 20 internationally coproduced englishlanguage drama film directed by bille august and. Night train to lisbon pascal mercier compra livros na fnac. Night train to lisbon is based on the wellrespected pascal mercier novel of the same name. Night train to lisbon tells the story of mildmannered, middleaged classics scholar raimund gregorius. And has a paneuropean cast of some note jeremy irons, jack huston, bruno ganz, charlotte rampling, melanie laurent, martina gedeck, lena olin, tom courtenay, august diehl and christopher.
As gregorius becomes fascinated with unlocking the mystery of who prado was, an extraordinary tale unfolds. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. His object of pursuit shifts from the young woman to the author of the book. Roger albert pascal mercier, a pseudonym for swiss novelist and philosopher peter bieri, published night train to lisbon in 2004. Gregorius becomes obsessed by what he reads and restlessly struggles to comprehend the life of the author. Aug 25, 2012 in night train to lisbon, pascal mercier has written originally, in german the kind of novel i like to read. John leonard,harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. Night train to lisbon is a 20 internationally coproduced englishlanguage drama film directed by bille august and starring jeremy irons. Night train to lisbon keeps 111 minutes of that time unshaped with a. At times night train to lisbon can feel somewhat generic and cliched, but is saved, predominantly, thanks to the credentials of this remarkable, international cast.
Essentially it is the story of an academic raimund gregorius who, on a whim, gives up his lecturing post in bern and takes the train to lisbon. I have no idea how long it took him to write the book, but it took a lifetime of training to prepare him to write it. Night train to lisbon by emily grayson nook book ebook. Pascal merciers haunting novel of the paths not taken, the choices not made, the lives not lived, night train to lisbon has captured the. Night train to lisbon is a philosophical novel by swiss writer pascal mercier. Nov 30, 20 when a chance encounter with an enigmatic woman leads him to a book that inspires him to question his life, raimund gregorius discovers that life can change. Inside it is a book by a portuguese doctor which contains a train ticket.
Night train to lisbon pascal mercier knihy dobrovsky. One reads this book almost breathlessly, can hardly put it down. It recounts the travels of swiss classics instructor raimund gregorius as he. Dec 06, 20 night train to lisbon by farran smith nehme. With the book as his talisman, mundus finds himself boarding the night train to lisbon.
Night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a fiftysevenyearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. Funloving download night train to lisbon ebook pdf free. A major hit in germany that spent 140 weeks on the bestseller list and went on to become one of europes biggest literary blockbusters in the last five years, night train to lisbon now introduces to the englishlanguage world the critically acclaimed swiss author pascal mercier. In the very finest tradition of europudding, director bille augusts night train to lisbon adapts an international bestselling book, takes place against the picturesque backdrop of a european capital, is halftold in flashback through a turbulent and dramatic period of history, and stacks the cast with notable european thesps. This book, these words, this mysterious writer cause gregorius to embark upon a search for prado the man, a search which takes him from his quiet life in bern via a night train to lisbon. Dec 03, 20 raimund gregorius jeremy irons is a latin teacher from berne. He buys a book she was carrying written by a doctor in lisbon. A huge international bestseller spanning europe and the twentieth century, this ambitious novel plumbs the depths of our shared humanity to offer up a breathtaking insight into. Oct 15, 2008 but what night train to lisbon really suggests is roads to freedom, jeanpaul sartres breathless trilogy about identitymaking. Hledate night train to lisbon film od pascal mercier. Night train to lisbon is a sensuous tale of the pursuit of love and passion against all odds, set in the 1930s when the world was on the brink of war and suspicion of loyalty, motivation, and intent to both country and lover was at flood tide.
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