Joyce Rachel: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce. Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say she is in hospice and wanted to say goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to her chores, Harold intends a quick walk to the corner mailbox to post his reply but instead, inspired by a chance encounter, he becomes convinced he must deliver his message in person to Queenie--who is 600 miles away--because as long as he keeps walking, Harold believes that Queenie will not die. So without hiking boots, rain gear, map or cell phone, one of the most endearing characters in current fiction begins his unlikely pilgrimage across the English countryside. Along the way, strangers stir up memories--flashbacks, often painful, from when his marriage was filled with promise and then not, of his inadequacy as a father, and of his shortcomings as a husband. Ironically, his wife Maureen, shocked by her husband's sudden absence, begins to long for his presence. Is it possible for Harold and Maureen to bridge the distance between them? And will Queenie be alive to see Harold arrive at her door? The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce od nakladatelství Transworld Publishers (UK) v kategorii English literature za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Knihydobrovsky.cz originální anglická literatura - "Nepravděpodobná pouť Harolda Frye" od Rachel Joyce vypráví příběh Harolda Frye, kterého vytrhne z jeho pasivního života v důchodu dopis od dávné přítelkyně Queenie Hennessyové, ve kterém se s ním loučí, protože umírá na rakovinu. Harold jí napíše dopis, ale během cesty k poštovní stránce se mu obsah dopisu moc nezdá, a tak kráčí dál a jeho cesta se protáhne na 600 mil....humorný a zároveň smutný příběh o nenápadném muži, který se vypraví zachránit druhého, ale během svého putování zachrání sám sebe. Vypráví o tajemství, zvláštních setkáních, náhodách, jež nás od základu změní. O zradě a statečnosti, ztrátách a manželství, o tom, že nikdy není pozdě dát se na cestu. When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life.'The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching'. - Claire Tomalin 'From the moment I met Harold Fry, I didn't want to leave him. Impossible to put down.' - Erica Wagner, The Times Black Swan: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE...