Night Train To Lisbon

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Night Train to Lisbon spends considerable time contemplating ideas, exploring on one hand Gregorious' contemplation of self and the other de Prado's journal and philosophies. [3] Epigraphs include Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Second Book, I, “De l’inconstance de nos actions” and Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego (Portuguese: Book of Disquiet/Restlessness).

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Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. 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. [1] The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. [2] Plot [ edit ]Trenhotel is Renfe's night service that connects cities like Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona, Ferrol, Irún and Hendaya. Travel in comfort from Spain to Portugal without those queues at the airport. a language professor pursue an author of a Portuguese book ..he was captivated by his philosophical ideas and words Words and names play an obvious role for the philologist, but even with that and, for example, the repeated extended chess games Gregorius gets involved in the novel is anything but purely intellectual and dry: down to Gregorius' students or the woman who teaches him Portuguese, as well as those who knew Amadeu de Prado, Mercier offers rich characters and frequently inspired small details and events. Mercier seems to describe almost every footstep Gregorius makes in detail, giving the book a steady rhythm.

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So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.” Night Train to Lisbon is a dreamy, sleepless sort of novel: Gregorius' schedule is a far cry from the clearly defined schoolday-schedule. with unplanned travel to Lisbon, gradually discovered the author's life as a doctor and participant in the resistance movement against Portuguese fascist government at the time of Salazar's regime 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. When we talk about ourselves, about others, or simply about things, we want- it could be said – to reveal ourselves in our words: We want to show what we think and feel. We let other have a glimpse into our soul.”Yes. If you’re going to travel on a European night train, you’ll need to make a reservation – you’ll be asked to choose one of the different types of accommodation available. 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.

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Metro: The metro has four lines differentiated by colours: yellow, green, blue and red. These cover most of the areas of tourist interest in between 06:30 to 01:00. The Lisbon metro is modern and one of the fastest and most economical ways to get around the city. Long philosophical interludes in Prado's voice may not play as well in the U.S., but the book comes through on the enigmas of trying to live and write under fascism." - Publishers Weekly. There is a lot of wisdom in this book, and a lot of beautiful writing. If I hadn't read To the Lighthouse this year, it would be hands-down the best book I read this year. As it is, I'm calling it a tie. Night Train to Lisbon is a philosophical novel by Swiss writer Pascal Mercier. It recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during António de Oliveira Salazar's right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. Prado is a serious thinker whose active mind becomes evident in a series of his notes collected and read by Gregorius. Lisbon has two main train stations: Santa Apolonia and Oriente. The first was inaugurated in 1865, with a single platform, and is located in the centre of the city, with easy access to the main places of interest. A very different architectural style is the second one, located to the east and designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It was inaugurated in 1998 so that it could be used during the Expo. Both stations are accessible for people with reduced mobility and offer services such as waiting rooms, luggage storage, bars and restaurants, shopping area and car rental.

a b c Johnson, Daniel (24 February 2008). "Throwing in one life to look for another". Telegraph (UK) . Retrieved 10 March 2021. There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.” What could it mean to deal appropriately with anger? We really don't want to be soulless creatures who remain thoroughly indifferent to what they come across, creatures whose appraisals consist only of cool, anemic judgments and nothing can shake them up because nothing really bothers them. Therefore, we can't seriously wish not to know the experience of anger and instead persist in an equanimity that wouldn't be distinguished from tedious insensibility. Anger also teaches us something about who we are. Therefore this is what I'd like to know: What can it mean to train ourselves in anger and imagine that we take advantage of its knowledge without being addicted to its poison? Raimund Gregorius is a legendary and near-infallible figure in that small world, dedicated entirely to his work, interested only in his Greek and Latin and Hebrew.

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Mercier’s novel has already sold two million copies since its publication in German four years ago, but it is hampered by an inelegant translation. Even so, this cannot explain the absence of narrative tension, or Mercier’s grandiose style (...). They make the novel particularly ponderous." - Katharine Hibbert, New Statesman As i read it I became more and more surprised that anyone had put it on the list - it was very light read , quite a fast-paced story about spying in the 1930s (a British scientist, wrongly suspected of spying for Germany, falls for an American girl on her first trip to Europe - England and then Lisbon). I LOVED this book. I've been running around quoting "Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us - what happens to the rest?" Oddly perhaps, it is never quite clear what makes Raimund so passionate about his mission or what lessons he draws from his personal excavation of the man's life. One wonders if the book & the man behind it have become Raimund's own version of a Rosetta Stone in need of decoding?Usually available as either four or six berth carriages, couchettes transform from ordinary seating during the day to padded bunks (two or three on top of one another) during the night. of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier Gregorius meets several people close to the doctor, and between their stories and the passages from the book interspersed throughout the story, learns more about this remarkable figure. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (23 June 2017). "Why Iran has 16 different translations of one Khaled Hosseini novel". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 March 2021.