High Fidelity

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«Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love »
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Nick Hornby's internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?

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Nick Hornby's internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?

Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can just do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behave as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep groove - and it's called Laura. Soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do.

A million-copy bestseller, and adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack, High Fidelity explores the world of break-ups, make-ups and what it is to be in love. This astutely observed and wickedly funny book will be enjoyed by readers of David Nicholls and William Boyd, and by generations of readers to come.

'It will give enormous pleasure at the same time as expanding in a small but worthwhile way, the range of English literature' Independent on Sunday

'Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love. Funny and wise, sweet and true' Independent

'A triumphant first novel. True to life, very funny and moving' Financial Times

Detaljer

Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN: 9780241981214
Utgivelsesår: 2017
Format: 18 x 11 cm

Om forfatteren

NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union.

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«Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love »
Indepedent

«A triumphant first novel. True to life and moving »
Financial Times

«Extremely cleverly observed »
Mail on Sunday

«An instant classic »
Guardian

«Fast, fun, and remarkably deft: a sharp-edged portrait that manages at once to be vicious, generous, and utterly good-natured»
Kirkus Reviews

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-ikorn – 14.06.2009

– Rob er en noenogtredveårig musikkfantast som driver en konkurstruet platebutikk og ellers ikke gjør så mye. Men når kjæresten, Laura, flytter fra ham og livet hans faller sammen, begynner han å se tilbake på livet sitt og de mest minneverdige jentene som har slått opp med ham, og han bestemmer seg for å oppsøke dem og finne ut hvorfor de gjorde det. Dette er en både morsom og rørende bok om en mann som kanskje ikke har kontroll på livet sitt, men han har i hvert fall orden i platesamlinga. Musikken spiller også en stor rolle gjennom boka, for Rob forbinder det meste som har skjedd ham med musikk. Dermed er dette en god bok både hvis du er interessert i musikk og i hva som driver et menneske.

Ahmed – 08.07.2005

– There's a great passage in High Fidelity where Rob talks about all of the sad songs about broken hearts he has listened to in his life. He's listened to them over and over thousands of times, and he wonders if he likes them because he's so miserable or if he's so miserable because he has listened to those songs. When I read the passage, I just about died laughing. I've asked the same question of myself, only substituting books for songs. In a way, High Fidelity is a great book because of what this passage is talking about, though. It's a novel written about a loser for losers (like me) to read.
Nick Hornby knows who his audience is. His audience is people who have been through spoiled by the society in which they've been raised and haven't yet learned how to actually live. Rob is this person and he ultimately begins to grow up, and he gives all losers some hope. High Fidelity is an engaging, funny, and pretty wise novel that a lot of people can relate to.