Night train to lisbon is based on the wellrespected pascal mercier novel of the same name. A book in which poetry and philosophy are intimately intertwined. Dec 06, 20 night train to lisbon by farran smith nehme. Roger albert pascal mercier, a pseudonym for swiss novelist and philosopher peter bieri, published night train to lisbon in 2004. Which character as performed by david colacci was your favorite. 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. Night train to lisbon jeremy irons exclusive interview 20 duration. 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.
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. An aged professor stops a young woman from leaping off a swiss bridge. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. 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. Five questions with night train to lisbon director bille. 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. Raimund gregorius teaches classical languages at a swiss lycee, and lives a life governed by routine. Gregorius becomes obsessed by what he reads and restlessly struggles to comprehend the life of the author. His object of pursuit shifts from the young woman to the author of the book.
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. As gregorius becomes fascinated with unlocking the mystery of who prado was, an extraordinary tale unfolds. Night train to lisbon by emily grayson nook book ebook. For the fast bookers, these are the booking links for the night train. Ending spoiler for night train to lisbon 20, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more.
It is stamped with the address of the bookstore, so he goes there. A novel by pascal mercier 2008, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Released by alhambra in 20 containing music from night train to lisbon 20. A professor of philosophy, pascal mercier was born in 1944 in bern, switzerland. He packs his bag and takes a night train to lisbon. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading night train to lisbon. Night train to lisbon reading guide book club discussion. Night train to lisbon is a 20 internationally coproduced englishlanguage drama film directed by bille august and starring jeremy irons. To ask other readers questions about night train to lisbon, please sign up. More than 1 million books in pdf, epub, mobi, tuebl and audiobook formats. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by pascal mercier. Night train to lisbon is a philosophical novel by swiss writer pascal mercier.
First published in the german language in 2004 by carl hanser verlagt. He buys a book she was carrying written by a doctor in lisbon. From madrid to lisbon by night train the renfe lusitania trenhotel from spain to portugal. A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. 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. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 496 pages and is available in hardcover format. 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. Pascal mercier quotes author of night train to lisbon. 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. It is an introspective, self examining, philosophical soul searching journal. Night train to lisbon by pascal mercier the real director of our life is accidenta director full of cruelty, compassion and bewitching charm. Free download or read online night train to lisbon pdf epub book. 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.
Night train to lisbon and millions of other books are available for instant access. The dictatorship of salazar impacted his life, thoughts and words from his years as a. When, one afternoon, he walks out of his class while in the middle of giving a. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long. Life is not what we live, it is what we imagine living. Sep 20, 2017 night train to lisbon theme song and quotes for the dreamers, my alltime favourite book duration. Last night i watched the fi1m, night train to lisbon with jeremy irons, based on the book by pascal mercier.
Night train to lisbon tells the story of mildmannered, middleaged classics scholar raimund gregorius. It has been hailed by booksellers and critics, and embraced by readers. While looking for the author, raimund revisits a dark chapter in the countrys history and unveils a tragic love triangle. John leonard, harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. Five questions with night train to lisbon director bille august. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last. Feb 01, 2009 night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. Night train to lisbon is currently playing now in theaters across europe. 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. Then i was offered to do a film based on the book and i said yes immediately. All he finds is a small book, a memoir of sorts, by amadeu do prado.
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. Its an unrecognized form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to. The narrator learns immediately on arrival in lisbon that the author he seeks is 30 years dead. Night train to lisbon kindle edition by mercier, pascal, harshav, barbara.
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. Narrative, philosophy and discovery what other book might you compare night train to lisbon to and why. Night train to lisbon is based on an international best selling book of the same name, first published in german in 2004. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. I hardly ever mark up my fiction books but i found myself highlighting phrases and rereading. How to buy tickets, find ticket fares and schedules. Toward the end, the philosophizing seemed to become too much and the intellectual elements sort of fell apart for me. Through prados book, he learns that the author was a doctor and poet who had taken up arms and fought against salazar. It mattered less, in the book, that the backstory had such an anticlimactic ending. He is the author of perlmanns silence and night train to lisbon. I read night train to lisbon six or seven years ago when it was first published, and i really liked the book. Inside it is a book by a portuguese doctor which contains a train ticket.
He takes the night train to lisbon, and so the search begins. Prado is a serious thinker whose active mind becomes evident in a series of his notes collected and read by. Thus begins night train to lisbon, an old fashioned romantic mystery that benefits from a wizened, muchhonored cast and a stillexotic setting. 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. 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.
The main characters of this fiction, philosophy story are raimund gregorius. She disappears, leaving behind only her bright red coat and a moving, poetic, 40 year old book in portuguese. The effect of this endless conversation is numbing rather than stimulating. What appealed to you so much about the book itself. The trenhotel night train to lisbon is ready to depart on platform 12 of madridchamartin station.
Night train to lisbon soundtrack from 20, composed by annette focks. We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. Night train to lisbon unabridged night train to lisbon unabridged audiobook, by pascal mercier. A huge international best seller, night train to lisbon was published in hardcover in january with a modest first printing. The bookseller remembers the girl purchasing this obscure book. 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. Night train to lisbon kindle edition by mercier, pascal. Overall, night train to lisbon is a film i can easily and gladly recommend viewing. 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. The art of life and authenticity are important themes in his works. John leonard,harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. 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. Dec 03, 20 raimund gregorius jeremy irons is a latin teacher from berne.
And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. Night train to lisbon never engages the reader, in particular never makes the reader care about gregorius. Pdf night train to lisbon book by pascal mercier free. Raimund gregorius teaches classical languages at a swiss lyce, and lives a life governed by routine. 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. As he leafs through it, a train ticket to lisbon, portugal falls out. Information about the categories seats, couchettes and sleepers.
Its an intelligent book, all right, but theres barely a breath of life in it. 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. If you could sum up night train to lisbon in three words, what would they be. It is clear that eliezer is meant to serve, to a great extent, as author elie wiesels standin and representative. I didnt want this book to end, which is very meta because it is a book about a lover. Carson weatherell is a privileged young american woman traveling in europe in 1936, courtesy of her aunt and uncle who live abroad and have kindly. The book was originally published in german as nachtzug nach lissabon in 2004 and was first published in english in 2008. One book particularly impressed me, as it contains style, narrative richness, and philosophy within it. Dec 05, 20 an aged professor stops a young woman from leaping off a swiss bridge. Mar 08, 20 night train to lisbon soundtrack from 20, composed by annette focks. There was something special about it that kind of stayed with me. Jan 01, 2008 erdrich reveals thomas character at night when hes alone.
973 1373 609 1142 1589 149 748 789 1206 344 679 188 370 1506 1259 701 1327 592 434 1070 162 753 977 1488 1594 992 1371 581 18 397 922 344 1436 386 1375 1038 468 453 1084 488 474 1268