3.4
Romans literatuur
“This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high living—and guaranteed to please.” —Vogue
AN ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Vogue * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar * PopSugar * LitHub
An intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer
Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.
Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than ""I like you a great deal.""
Enter Edith. A Hong Kong–born lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be her—and wants her.
And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?
Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life—and announces herself as a singular new voice.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062968760
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 juni 2020
3.4
Romans literatuur
“This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high living—and guaranteed to please.” —Vogue
AN ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Vogue * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar * PopSugar * LitHub
An intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer
Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.
Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than ""I like you a great deal.""
Enter Edith. A Hong Kong–born lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be her—and wants her.
And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?
Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life—and announces herself as a singular new voice.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062968760
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 juni 2020
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Linde
13 aug 2022
Not that amazing but entertaining. I did learn a few tricks for stalking people on fb/insta. Haha
Naomí
30 mei 2022
Mooi coming of age verhaal, verrassend- mooie taal, gevoelig, inzichtelijk
Laurien
21 mei 2023
Not at all exciting times... just a teenager's head talking and talking and talking...
Dila
6 mei 2021
Cleverly written. Greatly narrated.
Joop
9 nov 2021
Het is een goed boek denk ik omdat het me een nieuw perspectief gaf op hoe anderen in het leven kunnen staan en hoe je beïnvloed kunt worden door je (on)vermogen om signalen te interpreteren en daarnaar te handelen. De vergelijking met Sally Rooney’s Conversations with friends begrijp ik wel (beide auteurs zijn millennials en Iers) maar de sfeer van het verhaal en de thematiek verschillen. Ik vind de boeken in dat opzicht niet vergelijkbaar.
Lissa
10 sep 2023
4,5
Fleur
10 aug 2022
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