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Mr. chartwell

A metaphorical tale inspired by Winston Churchill's struggles with depression finds the eminent statesman's retirement plans overshadowed by a physical manifestation of his condition at the same time a widowed government secretary encounters the same ominous being.

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  • "Hunt R.,Mr. Chartwell"
  • "Mr Chartwell"
  • "Mr Chartwell"@pl
  • "Mr Chartwell"@it
  • "Mister Chartwell"

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  • "A metaphorical tale inspired by Winston Churchill's struggles with depression finds the eminent statesman's retirement plans overshadowed by a physical manifestation of his condition at the same time a widowed government secretary encounters the same ominous being."@en
  • "Charismatic, dangerously seductive, Mr. Chartwell unites eminent statesman Winston Churchill at the end of his career and the vulnerable young London library clerk Esther Hammerhans. Can they withstand Mr. Chartwell's strange, powerful charms and his stranglehold on their lives? Can they even explain who or what he is and why he has come to visit?"
  • "It's July 1964. In bed at home in Kent, Winston Churchill is waking up. There's a visitor in the room, someone he hasn't seen for a while, a dark, mute bulk, watching him with tortured concentration. It's Mr. Chartwell. In her terraced house in Battersea, Esther Hammerhans, young, vulnerable and alone, goes to answer the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette the size of a mattress. It's Mr. Chartwell. Mr. Chartwell is a huge, black dog. Charismatic and dangerously seductive, Mr. Chartwell unites the eminent statesman at the end of his career and the vulnerable young woman. But can they withstand Mr. Chartwell's strange, powerful charms and his stranglehold on their lives' In this utterly original, moving, funny and exuberant novel, Rebecca Hunt explores how two unlikely lives collide as Mr. Chartwell's motives are revealed to be far darker and deeper than they seem."@en
  • "It's July 1964. In bed at home in Kent, Winston Churchill is waking up. There's a visitor in the room, someone he hasn't seen for a while, a dark, mute bulk, watching him with tortured concentration. It's Mr Chartwell."
  • "It's July, 1964. In bed at home in Kent, Winston Churchill is waking up. There's a visitor in the room, someone he hasn't seen for a while, a dark, mute bulk, watching him with tortured concentration. It's Mr Chartwell. In her terraced house in Battersea, Esther Hammerhans, young, vulnerable and alone, goes to answer the door to her new lodger."@en
  • "Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Hund? Manchmal erlebt man merkwürdige Überraschungen. So geht es auch - wir schreiben das Jahr 1964 - der jungen und oft recht einsamen Bibliothekarin Esther Hammerhans, als sie einen Untermieter sucht. Denn als der erste Interessent bei ihr klingelt, glaubt sie ihren Augen kaum zu trauen: Vor ihrer Tür steht ein riesiger schwarzer Hund, der sich als Mr. Chartwell vorstellt. Obwohl Esther fest entschlossen ist, den unheimlichen Besucher unverzüglich loszuwerden, nimmt sie ihn zu ihrer eigenen Überraschung doch bei sich auf. Sie kann der bestimmenden, aufdringlichen Art ihres Gastes einfach nichts entgegensetzen. "Der schwarze Hund", so hat Churchill die Depressionen genannt, unter denen er sein Leben lang gelitten hat. Und Mr. Chartwell ist niemand anders als jener düstere und verführerische Eindringling, der mit Vorliebe Churchills Seele verdunkelt und der nun droht, auch das Leben von Esther Hammerhans zu überschatten ... Virtuos, kurzweilig und höchst amüsant erzählt die junge britische Autorin Rebecca Hunt die Geschichte von Esther, Churchill und Mr. Chartwell, dem schwarzen Hund, der sie beide eng verbindet - eine bezaubernde Geschichte darüber, wie merkwürdig das Leben sein kann, wie überraschend und manchmal auch ein ganz klein wenig absurd. Rebecca Hunt wurde 1979 in Coventry geboren und hat am Central Saint Martin's College, einer bekannten Londoner Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Kunst studiert und mit Auszeichnung abgeschlossen. Rebecca Hunt ist Malerin und lebt in London. 'Mr. Chartwell' ist ihr erster Roman, der für die Longlist des Guardian First Book Award und die Shortlist des Newcomer of the Year/Galaxy National Book Awards nominiert wurde."
  • "Charismatic, dangerously seductive, Mr. Chartwell unites eminent statesman Winston Churchill at the end of his career and the vulnerable young London librarian Esther Hammerhans. Can they withstand Mr. Chartwell's strange, powerful charms and his stranglehold on their lives? Can they even explain who or what he is and why he has come to visit?"@en
  • "Charismatic, dangerously seductive, Mr. Chartwell unites eminent statesman Winston Churchill at the end of his career and the vulnerable young London librarian Esther Hammerhans. Can they withstand Mr. Chartwell's strange, powerful charms and his stranglehold on their lives? Can they even explain who or what he is and why he has come to visit?"
  • "July, 1964. In bed at home in Kent, Winston Churchill is waking up. There's a visitor in the room, someone he hasn't seen for a while, a dark, mute bulk, watching him with tortured concentration. It's Mr Chartwell. In her terraced house in Battersea, Esther Hammerhans, young, vulnerable and alone, goes to answer the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette the size of a mattress. It's Mr Chartwell. He is charismatic and dangerously seductive, and Esther and Winston Churchill are drawn together by his dark influence. But can they withstand Mr Chartwell's strange, powerful charms and strong hold? Can they even explain to anyone who or what he is? Or why he has come to visit? For Mr Chartwell is a huge, black dog. In this utterly original, moving, funny and exuberant novel, Rebecca Hunt explores how two unlikely lives collide as Mr Chartwell's motives are revealed to be far darker and deeper than they seem."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en

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  • "Mr. chartwell"@en
  • "Mr Chartwell"
  • "Mr Chartwell"@en
  • "Une humeur de chien : roman"
  • "Il cane nero"
  • "Il cane nero"@it
  • "Mr. Chartwell : Roman"
  • "Meneer Chartwell"
  • "Mr. Chartwell a novel"@en
  • "Mr. Chartwell"
  • "Mr. Chartwell"@en
  • "Mr. Chartwell : a novel"@en
  • "Mr. Chartwell : a novel"
  • "Mr. Chartwell Roman"
  • "Pan Chartwell"
  • "Pan Chartwell"@pl

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