Night train to lisbon is a sensuous tale of the pursuit of love and passion against all odds, set in the 1930s when the world was on the brink of war and suspicion of loyalty, motivation, and intent to both country and lover was at flood tide. Narrative, philosophy and discovery what other book might you compare night train to lisbon to and why. An elegant meditative book teaches a painfully ironic life lesson in germanswiss author merciers searching 2004 novel, a critically acclaimed international bestseller being published in the united states for the first time. Search for the secret of the night train books in the search form now, download or read books for free, just by creating an account to enter our library.
Free download or read online night train to lisbon pdf epub book. He takes the night train to lisbon, and so the search begins. How to buy tickets, find ticket fares and schedules. Night train to lisbon reading guide book club discussion. Dec 06, 20 night train to lisbon by farran smith nehme. Night train to lisbon kindle edition by mercier, pascal, harshav, barbara. Prado is a serious thinker whose active mind becomes evident in a series of his notes collected and read by. It is clear that eliezer is meant to serve, to a great extent, as author elie wiesels standin and representative. John leonard, harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. That said, night train to lisbon is a very long, ambitious book thats feverishly overwritten.
Night train to lisbon is a movie with a tedious beginning, when the lead character leaves his students in their classroom and travels to lisbon in a senseless situation. Through prados book, he learns that the author was a doctor and poet who had taken up arms and fought against salazar. Life is not what we live, it is what we imagine living. Night train to lisbon and millions of other books are available for instant access. Night train to lisbon by emily grayson nook book ebook.
I read night train to lisbon six or seven years ago when it was first published, and i really liked the book. It has been hailed by booksellers and critics, and embraced by readers. A huge international best seller, night train to lisbon was published in hardcover in january with a modest first printing. One day, a chance encounter with a portuguese woman inspires him to question his life and leads him to an extraordinary book that will open the possibility of changing it. One problem with night train to lisbon is that its plot, if plot is the word for it, consists almost entirely of talktalk, talk, talkabout people and events in the past. A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. Ending spoiler for night train to lisbon 20, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Not necessarily for those wanting something lighthearted, but if you want cinema that may challenge you, make you think but still leaves you smiling, pick up a ticket for night train to lisbon.
Recalling bernhard schlink and nicole krauss in its affirmation of the power of literature, will, and the individual, night train to lisbon is a book of sensual beauty and artistic excellence, one that will be remembered for its soul and wit as well as its universality and great intellectual depth. He goes to the train station, looking for her, but when the train is leaving, without her, on a whim he has never done anything like this he boards the train, and reads the book all day and night, thus leaving him with a hundred questions and the desire to meet as many of the people in the book who are still alive. Based on the 2004 novel night train to lisbon by pascal mercier and written by greg latter and ulrich herrmann, the film is about a swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life to embark on a thrilling. Night train to lisbon is a book about two men, gregorius and prado, one of whom can only speak to the other through the written word his books and letters for he has been in the ground for thirty years. From madrid to lisbon by night train the renfe lusitania trenhotel from spain to portugal. Roger albert pascal mercier, a pseudonym for swiss novelist and philosopher peter bieri, published night train to lisbon in 2004. Recalling bernhard schlink and nicole krauss in its affirmation of the power of literature, will, and the individual, night train to lisbon is a book of sensual. Five questions with night train to lisbon director bille august. Which character as performed by david colacci was your favorite.
To ask other readers questions about night train to lisbon, please sign up. The dictatorship of salazar impacted his life, thoughts and words from his years as a. Then there is serendipity, when he has an accident and breaks his glasses, and the doctor introduces him to her uncle that was a friend of amadeu. Feb 01, 2009 night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe.
Inside it is a book by a portuguese doctor which contains a train ticket. Nachtzug nach lissabon night train to lisbon, pascal mercier the book was originally published in german in 2004, and was first published in english in 2008. At times night train to lisbon can feel somewhat generic and cliched, but is saved, predominantly, thanks to the credentials of this remarkable, international cast. Night train to lisbon is based on the wellrespected pascal mercier novel of the same name. While looking for the author, raimund revisits a dark chapter in the countrys history and unveils a tragic love triangle. Raimund gregorius teaches classical languages at a swiss lyce, and lives a life governed by routine. She disappears, leaving behind only her bright red coat and a moving, poetic, 40 year old book in portuguese.
Gregorius becomes obsessed by what he reads and restlessly struggles to comprehend the life of the author. And has a paneuropean cast of some note jeremy irons, jack huston, bruno ganz, charlotte rampling, melanie laurent, martina gedeck, lena olin, tom courtenay, august diehl and christopher. Raimund gregorius teaches classical languages at a swiss lycee, and lives a life governed by routine. I have no idea how long it took him to write the book, but it took a lifetime of training to prepare him to write it. Night train to lisbon is based on an international best selling book of the same name, first published in german in 2004. He goes to the train station, looking for her, but when the train is leaving, without her, on a whim he has never done anything like this he boards the train, and reads the book all day and night, thus leaving him with a hundred questions and the desire to meet as many of the people in the book. We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. Night train to lisbon is a 20 internationally coproduced englishlanguage drama film directed by bille august and starring jeremy irons. Feb, 20 berlin every car is a sleeper on the stunningly tedious night train to lisbon, a load of old windbaggery in which people keep remarking what a fascinating story is being told, yet they fail to. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Information about the categories seats, couchettes and sleepers. The art of life and authenticity are important themes in his works. Jan 01, 2008 erdrich reveals thomas character at night when hes alone. Five questions with night train to lisbon director bille.
A huge international bestseller, with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, night train to lisbon is an utterly compelling novel about one mans escape from a humdrum life in search of passion and spontaneity. Raimund gregorius is a legendary and nearinfallible figure in that small world, dedicated entirely to his work, interested only in his greek and latin and hebrew. Pascal mercier quotes author of night train to lisbon. It mattered less, in the book, that the backstory had such an anticlimactic ending. As the author is a philosophy professor in berlin or so the book jacket states, there is quite a bit of philosophical journeying in this book of fiction. For the fast bookers, these are the booking links for the night train. Night train to lisbon soundtrack from 20, composed by annette focks. Night train to lisbon is currently playing now in theaters across europe. Toward the end, the philosophizing seemed to become too much and the intellectual elements sort of fell apart for me. When, one afternoon, he walks out of his class while in the middle of giving a. A night train to lisbon parallels the book written by the doctor as gregorious reads it as he explores lisbon in search of the man behind the book. Then i was offered to do a film based on the book and i said yes immediately. Night train to lisbon is a philosophical novel by swiss writer pascal mercier. Night train to lisbon centres on a high school classics teacher from berne who has spent almost his entire life first as a pupil, then as a teacher at the same school in berne.
More than 1 million books in pdf, epub, mobi, tuebl and audiobook formats. As gregorius becomes fascinated with unlocking the mystery of who prado was, an extraordinary tale unfolds. Released by alhambra in 20 containing music from night train to lisbon 20. The main characters of this fiction, philosophy story are raimund gregorius. The effect of this endless conversation is numbing rather than stimulating. A professor of philosophy, pascal mercier was born in 1944 in bern, switzerland. He buys a book she was carrying written by a doctor in lisbon. The narrator learns immediately on arrival in lisbon that the author he seeks is 30 years dead. The trenhotel night train to lisbon is ready to depart on platform 12 of madridchamartin station. I hardly ever mark up my fiction books but i found myself highlighting phrases and rereading. Its an unrecognized form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to. Although night is not necessarily a memoir, this sparknote often refers to it as one, since the works mixture of testimony, deposition, and emotional truthtelling renders it similar to works in the memoir genre.
It is an introspective, self examining, philosophical soul searching journal. Night train to lisbon tells the story of mildmannered, middleaged classics scholar raimund gregorius. He is the author of perlmanns silence and night train to lisbon. Night train to lisbon kindle edition by mercier, pascal.
His object of pursuit shifts from the young woman to the author of the book. An aged professor stops a young woman from leaping off a swiss bridge. Thus begins night train to lisbon, an old fashioned romantic mystery that benefits from a wizened, muchhonored cast and a stillexotic setting. Yet the power of his words, this voice from the past which speaks to the other so directly and personally that it causes him to. Pdf night train to lisbon book by pascal mercier free. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long. A novel by pascal mercier 2008, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. For in the end, night train to lisbon, with its embedded story of a love triangle between resistance fighters in the final years of salazars portuguese dictatorship, is not so much a cultural. The bookseller remembers the girl purchasing this obscure book. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by pascal mercier.
This book is something different and very interesting to read. A book in which poetry and philosophy are intimately intertwined. Night train to lisbon by pascal mercier the real director of our life is accidenta director full of cruelty, compassion and bewitching charm. As he leafs through it, a train ticket to lisbon, portugal falls out. I didnt want this book to end, which is very meta because it is a book about a lover. What appealed to you so much about the book itself. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last.
The book was originally published in german as nachtzug nach lissabon in 2004 and was first published in english in 2008. Sep 20, 2017 night train to lisbon theme song and quotes for the dreamers, my alltime favourite book duration. All he finds is a small book, a memoir of sorts, by amadeu do prado. Night train to lisbon jeremy irons exclusive interview 20 duration. One book particularly impressed me, as it contains style, narrative richness, and philosophy within it.
Mar 08, 20 night train to lisbon soundtrack from 20, composed by annette focks. Last night i watched the fi1m, night train to lisbon with jeremy irons, based on the book by pascal mercier. Night train to lisbon unabridged night train to lisbon unabridged audiobook, by pascal mercier. It is stamped with the address of the bookstore, so he goes there. John leonard,harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. He packs his bag and takes a night train to lisbon. Night train to lisbon never engages the reader, in particular never makes the reader care about gregorius. If you could sum up night train to lisbon in three words, what would they be.
A major hit in germany that spent 140 weeks on the bestseller list and went on to become one of europes biggest literary blockbusters in the last five years, night train to lisbon now introduces to the englishlanguage world the critically acclaimed swiss author pascal mercier. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 496 pages and is available in hardcover format. Overall, night train to lisbon is a film i can easily and gladly recommend viewing. The narrative in umberto ecos books such as the name of the rose. A small interest grows to an overpowering obsession to find answers about the doctor, himself and life.
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