Delicacy audiobook

4.5/MARAVILLOSO! La historia me ha encantado hasta decir basta! Y, claro que leeré algo más de este autor: es más, que se prepare, porque pienso descubrirlo!

El titulo de la novela ya lo define todo, es una historia con mucha delicadeza, es tierna, sencilla y encantadora, nada pastelosa y muy cercana.Markus es un amor, una joya de persona.Y menos mal que al final Nathalie abrió los ojos.

Quería una novela así, tierna y dulce. David Foenkinos, alejándose de la suntuosidad, entrega una historia sencilla con personajes únicos; hasta el narrador es especial, busca que seas su cómplice, su compañero de cotilleo. Me ha gustado mucho el protagonista masculino, no me hubiera querido separar de él, un personaje honesto y digno, de madurez infantil y divertido, todo en conjunto lo hace encantador. Si bien, es un romance, no cae en cliches, carece de edulcorantes. El único "pero" a mi juicio, es que me da la sensación de que la novela daba para más...quizás no sea un pero, sino más antojo de Foenkinos. Una novela que me deja una sonrisa y tibio el corazón. Linda!

This was an unexpected pleasure. I came across it on the Amazon kindle daily deal and decided to give it a try. There is something quite abstract and mythical about this novel that pulls it out of the 'chic lit' category and makes for a much more interesting read. The main character is almost as much of a mystery to the reader as she is to the three men who become enchanted with her. And yet as a reader you share their enchantment and want to know more about her. Markus is also a character whom we know little about. We hear about him from himself, but we also hear that he is a self confessed 'gloomy Swede' and so is bound to have a negative angle on self-perception. Through the eyes of others he is seen as a strange combination of a nobody and a hero. I can't help but feel that he represents something higher than an individual, he is almost a demi-god sent to help Natalie's recovery and show her how to move on. This feeling is exemplified by the ending, which I found both frustrating and perfect (but I won't spoil that!). The other character in the novel, Charles, is the opposite of Markus, and quite possibly represents the flaws of the reality we live in. He gives Natalie the final push to move on from her old life. The style of this novel is quite special. The main chapters have an almost dream-like quality. The sparse narrative gives just enough away and reads simply, almost like a fairy tale. This is broken up by snippets of information, solid facts from real life. I felt these were almost like a palett cleanser (but less sweet than the traditional lemon sorbet!), bringing the reader back to reality in between tantalisingly short chunks of the bitter sweet modern day fairy tale. I think in this way they are similar to Charles' presence in the novel, in that they represent the trivial realities of life that can stop you from viewing the bigger picture.All in all a magical little novel. Quick to read and quite enchanting. This has been nominated for all 5 major French book awards and I definitely wouldn't write it off as chic lit.

Prekrasna jedna knjiga... O životu, ljubavi, gubitku, samoći, postupcima koje ne možemo objasniti, ponovnom pronalaženju sreće.. i svim tim situacijama s kojima se mnogi možemo poistovjetiti. Uz samo priču, naravno, jako mi se sviđa način na koji je knjiga pisana...lako čitljivo, kratke rečenice, protkano inteligentnim humorom i zanimljivim opaskama.Također ima genijalnih citata; npr. (razmišljanje nakon jednog odličnog izlaska): "Kada je legao u krevet, znao je da neće moći zaspati: kako krenuti put snova kada smo ih tek napustili?".U knjizi pratimo Nathalie, zgodnu, mladu Parižanku koja susreće Francoisa za kojeg se ubrzo udaje te oni proživljavaju nekoliko prekrasnih godina zajedno...Nažalost, dolazi do nesreće u kojoj Nathalie gubi muža; sve se mijenja u trenu i život joj postaje niz rutinskih postupaka. A onda se pojavljuje Markus, neugledni Šveđanin i njezin kolega s posla...malo po malo, Nathalie se "budi" iz svoje rutine i počinje ponovno osjećati život. Ovako kratko ispričana, radnja možda zvuči kao nešto viđeno više puta..ok, tema i nije nova, ali način na koji je Foenkinos ovo ispričao je ono što ovoj knjizi daje vrijednost (roman je dobio čak devet književnih nagrada i prodan je u 3 mil. primjeraka!). Snimljen je i istoimeni film, koji je odličan; u francuskoj produkciji sa, meni omiljenom, Audrey Tatou u ulozi Nathalie. Pročitajte (ako niste) pa pogledajte film...tim redom.. ;)

Conocí este libro gracias a una recomendacion de Anna Casanovas en instagram y fue leer su descripción y querer ponerme ya con él. Y así lo hice y la verdad es que el libro me gustó muchísimo, me atrapó desde el inicio, me dió ganas de leer y eso que es un libro de los que yo calificaría no para mi...Me resultó un libro muy particular, que me parece que no es para todo el mundo, ni siquiera lo consideraría un libro para mi, como ya dije, (por suerte le di una oportunidad) porque es un libro basicamente relatado sin casi diálogos, pero tan atrapante por su historia que casi ni te das cuenta de eso. Es raro, pero lindo, suave, a mi me pareció muy real con respecto a tema que trata y bastante poético. Es un libro que parece desintegrado pero que cuando lo vas leyendo te das cuenta que todo, hasta las notas a pie de página estan sumamente pensados.Fue mi libro navideño, aunque no lo sea, y me gusto mucho!