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Hamnet

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Hamnet

Auteur(s): Maggie O'Farrell
Narrateur(s): Daisy Donovan
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MULTI-AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS JESSIE BUCKLEY

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"[An] exceptional winner. . . . It expresses something profound about the human experience that seems both extraordinarily current and at the same time, enduring." —Martha Lane Fox, Chair of The Women's Prize for Fiction judges

Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A plague that threatens to tear them apart.

England, 1580. A young Latin tutor—penniless, bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles on the Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband. His gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their beloved twins, Hamnet and Judith, are afflicted with the bubonic plague, and, devastatingly, one of them succumbs to the illness.

A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive, an impossible-to-put-down novel from one of our most gifted writers. Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Historique Sincère Du contenu qui fait réfléchir
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Dual timeline story of historical fiction that speculates on the life of Hamnet Shakespeare and the events surrounding his life and death. Interesting that the the father is never referred to as Will or Shakespeare. The mother is Agnes but the surname Hathaway never comes up. It becomes clear later if you hadn't already realized from other clues. Scholars have argued about the origin of the name of the Prince and it may or may not be from the boy's name. Overall I found the way the author describes people or places a little trying (his face, his hands , his hair etc. often in threes). The story is an intriguing one and may have been better told in a linear fashion although the dual timeline method helps contrast the birth of the twins and the death of one of them for example. The sudden diversion into a bubonic plague flea journey was a bit like being kidnapped by aliens in the middle of the book although I enjoyed the explanation of how the black death might have been spread around by travel in those days and of course very evocative of our own pandemic times .
I was disappointed by the narrator who had a way too posh BBC accent for my taste. Her attempted voices for some characters, if we can extrapolate from current local accents in the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire area ,were inaccurate, more like a generic northern twang for Bartholomew to give one example.
Certainly no Hilary Mantell but nevertheless an interesting take on a historical mystery and another Hamlet spin off although I prefer the absurd approach of Stoppard. No idea why the book is titled Hamnet in the UK and Hamnet and Judith in North America.

Hamnet versus Hamlet

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This is a beautiful story and the narration couldn’t be better. Daisy Donovan is incredible. This story will stay with me for a long time.

Exquisite!

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Wonderfully written and beautifully read. Maggie O’Farrell has recreated the world Shakespeare lived and worked in and it is amazing

A winner!

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The Narrator is equally enthralling. I couldn’t stop listening. The description and detail that Maggie O’Farrell uses to tell an emotional story is beyond imaginable. I loved every minute. Highly recommended!

Incredible Storytelling

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Superb narration, I will be seeking more from her. All other performances have now become subpar in comparison.
Absolutely brilliant story as well. The detail, the raw emotion it evoked, will stay with me.

Absolutely superb!

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