Brian

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Plenty of other stuff is Brian’s alone, including his every-night BFI ritual, his Northern Irish background, and his various medical problems.

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But much of the novel is a catalogue of the various movies Brian watches, and the observations of him and his fellow buffs on the films, and on various actors and directors (Brian himself building expertise in post war Japanese cinema). You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Brian (the novel) moves at a leisurely pace taking in all the details from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Despite this weight of naming, the book is written on the assumption of no previous knowledge of film and does not involve conventional film criticism. Perhaps the format of the novel Brian is author Jeremy Cooper’s own tip of the hat to Brian’s special appreciation of glacially paced Japanese films in which nothing much happens on the outside, but inside, the characters’ lives are tumultuous yet measured.This was only the second time Brian had been to the BFI, twenty years after his first visit, when he was nineteen, taken to see Kes along with two other youngsters by the manager at their hostel, to show them, Mr Trevor had said, that positive things do sometimes turn up, replacing hardship. In Brian zien we het gelijknamige hoofdpersonage evolueren van een gesloten, eenzaam persoon, naar een mens met (weliswaar beperkte) sociale interactie en een breed wereldbeeld.

Brian by Jeremy Cooper The quiet joy of a deep interest: Brian by Jeremy Cooper

Brian watches films, daily, to "escape from the world and at the same time learn about it" (as Truffaut said). His first place in London was the one he had liked best, the dormitory in the St Pancras hostel where he had stayed for years, until Mr Trevor felt obliged to turf him out for being far beyond the age limit. I would take my lunch every day at the same rice and three cafe in Manchester, back when I worked as a low level Government official there.

Fitzcarraldo are known for their excellent translated fiction - 3 books out of the 13 on this year's International Booker longlist, and those weren't even their best books of the year.