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About a Boy por Nick Hornby
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About a Boy (Movie Tie-In) (Movie Tie-In)

por Nick Hornby

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Riverhead Trade (2002), Paperback, 320 pages

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Ganz Okay: I think this book deals with an really serious theme. It shows the change of life from different persons like Will and Marcus!
They learn from each other to behave the right way to act their age! But I think the whole story is to dramatically! The carachters are to strict and to complicated! In my opinion the book is only okay-because I have expect more than I've read!
(I havn't watched the film before!) But all in all the story is cute because you love Marcus ans you could identify yourself with him!
  r1hard | Nov 22, 2009 |
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  katiemertz | Nov 20, 2009 |
This is one of several books that I'll never tire of rereading. I wouldn't call the prose challenging (I finished it in an evening), but Hornby chooses his words well; it's quite clever and quotable.

I'm a conservative woman from a nuclear family, yet I related quite strongly to both Will and Marcus, which I think speaks to Hornby's ability to craft multi-layered, interesting characters that are easy to become invested in.

I've read High Fidelity, A Long Way Down, Fever Pitch, and How To Be Good, and this is by far my favorite of his novels. I'll definitely be reading more Hornby in the future. ( )
  krysbrezinski | Oct 27, 2009 |
Nick Hornby beschreibt in "about a boy - oder: der Tag der toten Ente" ein Lebensjahr des Anfangs zwölfjährigen Marcus. Durch die Erziehung seiner Mutter (Sozialarbeiterin, Vegetarierin, Feministin, auch Hippie) hat Marcus ein ausgeprägtes Selbstbewusstsein, ist aber in keiner Weise an die Gleichaltrigen angepasst, so dass er nach dem Umzug von Cambridge nach London in seiner neuen Schule Probleme bekommt.

Auch seine Mutter kommt mit der neuen Situation in London nach der Trennung von Marcus Vater nicht klar und ist damit Marcus keine große Hilfe.

Marcus entwickelt die Theorie, dass ein Lebensmodell zu zweit zu unsicher ist, weil immer mal einer ausfallen kann und macht sich, zunächst eher unbewusst, auf die Suche nach weiteren Menschen, die er in ein unterstützendes Netzwerk einbauen kann. Dabei trifft er auf den Yuppie Will und eine ältere Mitschülerin, die gegen alles ist - und beide helfen ihm auf ihre Art, mit dem Leben und den Mitschülern besser zurecht zu kommen.

Das alles wird mit wechselnden Perspektiven abwechselnd aus Wills und aus Marcus Sicht beschrieben, so dass man sich nach kurzer Zeit als Teil dieses Mikrokosmos fühlt und mit beiden mitfiebert, ob sie ihre Ziele erreichen können.

Die Aussagen des Films und des Buchs sind identisch, allerdings hat der Film ein neues Ende erhalten - im Buch ist die Entwicklung von Marcus aber noch überzeugender gelungen.

Folgende Sätze sind mir beim Lesen besonders aufgefallen:

Jeder Mensch, ob Mann oder Frau, hatte seiner [Wills] Meinung nach Wert auf sein Äußeres zu legen, selbst wenn das Rohmaterial nicht das allerbeste war - es sei denn, man hatte keinerlei Interesse an der sexuellen Seite des Lebens, dann bitte. Dann konnte man tun, was man wollte. Einstein zum Beispiel ... (S. 105)

Menschen zu lieben und sich von ihnen lieben zu lassen war das Risiko nur wert, wenn die Quoten zu den eigenen Gunsten standen, aber das taten sie eindeutig nicht. Es gab ungefähr neunundsiebzig Fantastilliarden Menschen auf der Welt, und wenn man sehr, sehr viel Glück hatte, wurde man letztendlich von fünfzehn oder zwanzig von ihnen geliebt. (S. 156)

Wenn man sich Ärger einhandeln wollte, arbeitete man sich vielleicht besser langsam hoch, um Übung zu bekommen. Er [Marcus] hatte gleich ganz oben [bei der Direktorin] angefangen, was bestimmt ein Fehler war (S. 165)

Der Junge [Marcus] war schwierig und verrückt und sonst was, aber er hatte es raus, Brücken zu bauen, wo immer er hinging, und den Trick beherrschten die wenigsten Erwachsenen. (S. 298) ( )
  ahzim | Oct 25, 2009 |
This is the story of Will, 36, a man who knows more about being a child than being an adult, and Marcus, 12, a boy who knows more about being an adult than being a child. This is the story of their unlikely relationship and how they each help the other to live a fuller, happier life. Definitely cute, definitely well-written, and definitely an easy read. I'd recommend this for anyone in the mood for a mental break. ( )
  stubbyfingers | Oct 8, 2009 |
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 1573227331, Paperback)

Nick Hornby's cult fiction debut, the New York Times Notable High Fidelity, was a national bestseller in the United States, and a #1 bestseller in England. Hornby was greeted with standing ovations from The New Yorker (Hornby has established himself as a maestro of the male confessional) to Time (Hornby demonstrates his enviable talent for lucid, laconic writing) to The New York Times Book Review (Hornby captures the loneliness and childishness of adult life with such precision and wit that you'll find yourself nodding and smiling) to GQ (funny, compulsive, and contemporary). About a Boy stars a guy called Will, who doesn't really want any children. He wonders why it bothers people that he lives so happily alone in his fashionable, Lego-free flat, with massive speakers, and an expensive cream-colored rug that no kid has ever thrown up on. Then Will meets Angie. He has never been out with a mom before. And it has to be said that Angie's long blond hair and big blue eyes, are not irrelevant to his sudden

reassessment of his attitude toward children. She is truly

beautiful. And truly beautiful women do not, traditionally, go out with him. Then it dawns on Will that maybe Angie goes out with him because of the children. Maybe children democratized beautiful, single women

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