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The rain before it falls

As a young girl, Rosamond is sent to Shropshire to escape the Blitz. Here, in the countryside, she forms a close bond with her older cousin, Beatrix, a young woman haunted by anger and resentment. Sixty years later, just before her death, Rosamond records her memories on cassettes, addressing them to a distant cousin--a near stranger-named Imogen. As Gill, her beloved niece, listens to these tapes, a heart-stopping family saga is revealed. In this masterful portrait of three generations of woman, Jonathan Coe exposes the profound reserves of hope and loss within the lives of ordinary woman.

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  • "Rosamond lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl Imogen, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago."
  • "Rosamond lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl Imogen, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. At the centre of the narrative is Imogen's grandmother, Beatrix, whose flight from her husband after the war in search of freedom and excitement left a damaging legacy. Damaging to her own daughter and granddaughter, but also to Rosamond. She became caught up in the ensuing turmoil and found herself the beneficiary of a sudden, intense happiness; a happiness which was just as suddenly snatched away."
  • "At the centre of the narrative is Imogen's grandmother, Beatrix, whose flight from her husband after the war in search of freedom and excitement left a damaging legacy. Damaging to her own daughter and granddaughter, but also to Rosamond. She became caught up in the ensuing turmoil and found herself the beneficiary of a sudden, intense happiness; a happiness which was just as suddenly snatched away ..."
  • "Como 73 años de edad, Rosamund se sienta sola en su casa a distancia Shropshire, sus pensamientos mueren a su vez a la nieta de su prima, Imogen, que ha sido ciega desde una edad temprana. Rosamund se da cuenta de que ella tiene un último deber que cumplir: para acabar en la cinta la trágica historia de la abuela de Imogen."@es
  • "As a young girl, Rosamond is sent to Shropshire to escape the Blitz. Here, in the countryside, she forms a close bond with her older cousin, Beatrix, a young woman haunted by anger and resentment. Sixty years later, just before her death, Rosamond records her memories on cassettes, addressing them to a distant cousin--a near stranger-named Imogen. As Gill, her beloved niece, listens to these tapes, a heart-stopping family saga is revealed. In this masterful portrait of three generations of woman, Jonathan Coe exposes the profound reserves of hope and loss within the lives of ordinary woman."@en
  • "". Jonathan Coe offers a story of three generations of women whose destinies reach from the English countryside in World War II to London, Toronto, and southern France at the turn of the new century."--Publisher description."
  • "'What I want you to have, Imogen, above all, is a sense of your own history; a sense of where you come from, and of the forces that made you.' Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family and of what goes to make a child."
  • "As 73-year-old Rosamund sits alone in her remote Shropshire house, her dying thoughts turn to her cousin's granddaughter, Imogen, who has been blind from an early age. Rosamund realises that she has one last duty to perform: to put down on tape the tragic story of Imogen's grandmother."@es
  • "A family saga examines the events and relationships that bind three generations of women, as the elderly Rosamond records her memories of her troubled cousin Beatrix and the tragedy that transformed all of their lives."@en
  • "A family saga examines the events and relationships that bind three generations of women, as the elderly Rosamond records her memories of her troubled cousin Beatrix and the tragedy that transformed all of their lives."
  • "The Rain before it falls is extremely moving in its portrayal of the fleeting nature of love and happiness. But above all it's a compelling exploration of what goes to make a child : the legacies of character and history which are handed from one generation to the next."
  • "Imogen reçoit un enregistrement de Rosamond à titre posthume. Les paroles emmènent le lecteur dans l'histoire de trois générations de femmes, de 1940 à aujourd'hui, dont les destins s'entrecroisent de désir, de chagrin et d'émotion."
  • "Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family - and of what goes to make a child. Called "the best English novelist of his generation" by Nick Hornby, Jonathan Coe extends his range in this magnificent account of a Shropshire family in the last half of the twentieth century."@en
  • "La Zia Rosamond non è più. È morta nella sua casa nello Shropshire, dove viveva sola, dopo l'abbandono di Rebecca e la morte di Ruth, la pittrice che è stata la sua ultima compagna. A trovare il cadavere è stato il suo medico. Aveva settantatré anni ed era malata di cuore, ma non aveva mai voluto farsi fare un bypass. Quando è morta, stava ascoltando un disco - canti dell'Auvergne - e aveva un microfono in mano. Sul tavolo c'era un album di fotografie. Evidentemente, la povera Rosamond stava guardando delle foto e registrando delle cassette. Non solo. Stava anche bevendo del buon whisky, ma... Accidenti, e quel flacone vuoto di Diazepam? Non sarà stato per caso un suicidio? La sorpresa viene dal testamento. Zia Rosamond ha diviso il suo patrimonio in tre parti: un terzo a Gill, la sua nipote preferita; un terzo a David, il fratello di Gill; e un terzo a Imogen. Gill e David fanno un po' fatica a capire chi sia questa Imogen, perché prima sembra loro di non conoscerla, poi ricordano di averla vista solo una volta nel 1983, alla festa per il cinquantesimo compleanno di Rosamond. Imogen era quella deliziosa bimba bionda venuta con gli altri a festeggiare la padrona di casa. Sembrava che avesse qualcosa di strano. Sì, era cieca. Occorre dunque ritrovarla. Ma Imogen non si trova. E allora non resta - come indicato dalla stessa Rosamond in un biglietto scritto prima di morire - che ascoltare le cassette. Le cassette incise dalla donna mentre sfogliava l'album di fotografie selezionando venti istantanee in cui poteva compendiarsi la sua vita."
  • "Follows three generations of women from England in WWII to various cities at the turn of the century."@en
  • "Rosamond vient de mourir, mais sa voix résonne encore, dans une confession enregistrée, adressée à la mystérieuse Imogen. S'appuyant sur vingt photos soigneusement choisies, elle laisse libre cours à ses souvenirs et raconte, des années quarante à aujourd'hui, l'histoire de trois générations de femmes, liées par le désir, l'enfance perdue et quelques lieux magiques."

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  • "Novela de la vida familiar"@es
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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
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  • "Recuerdos en la vejez"@es
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Secretas de la familia"@es
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@es

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  • "Der Regen, bevor er fällt Roman"
  • "The rain before it falls a novel"
  • "La pluie, avant qu'elle tombe : roman"
  • "La Lluvia antes de caer"
  • "Пока не выпал дождь"
  • "De regen voor hij valt"
  • "Yağmurdan önce"
  • "The Rain Before it Falls"
  • "Poka ne vypal dozhdʹ"
  • "Der Regen, bevor er fällt"
  • "La poggia prima che cada"
  • "La pluie, avant qu'elle tombe"
  • "The rain before it falls"@en
  • "The rain before it falls"
  • "The rain before it falls : a novel"@en
  • "The Rain before it falls"
  • "La Pluie, Avant Qu'elle Tombe"
  • "La lluvia antes de caer"@es
  • "Der Regen, bevor er fällt : Roman"
  • "La pioggia prima che cada"
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