In hendaye, you can switch to a tgv train that will take you to paris. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you. It is a great way to discover the local landscape of portugal and madrid. Offering a worstcase answer to its heros question, night train to lisbon keeps 111 minutes of that time unshaped with a numbingly slack, wouldbe romanticpolitical thriller.
May 07, 2018 night train to lisbon is based on an international best selling book of the same name, first published in german in 2004. The travel duration from lisbon to madrid by train takes about 11 hours. Roger albert pascal mercier, a pseudonym for swiss novelist and philosopher peter bieri, published night train to lisbon in 2004. 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. A novel by pascal mercier 2008, paperback at the best online prices at. A huge international bestseller spanning europe and the twentieth century, this ambitious novel plumbs the depths of our shared humanity to offer up a breathtaking insight into. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 496 pages and is available in hardcover format. With lusitania, you sleep as you travel and reach your destination rested and refreshed. Raimund, now obsessed with unlocking the mystery behind the man, is determined to meet all those on whom prado left an indelible mark. 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. Pascal merciers international bestseller night train to lisbon mesmerized readers around the world, and was adapted into a film starring jeremy irons. Feb 24, 2008 night train to lisbon is a novel of ideas that reads like a thriller.
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. Swiss professor raimund gregorius jeremy irons abandons his lectures and buttoneddown life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a. Night train to lisbon is a philosophical novel by swiss writer pascal mercier. Every character, every scene, is evoked with an incomparable. Lisboa estacion oriente is a train station located in lisbon. He takes the night train to lisbon, and so the search begins. Pascal mercier, quote from night train to lisbon i am still there, at that distant place in time, i never left it, but live expanded in the past, or out of it. 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. The bookseller remembers the girl purchasing this obscure book. It runs combined with the madrid lisbon trenhotel lusitania between medina del campo and lisbon. With trainline you can book your trip, which lasts about 10 hours and 40 minutes.
Follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. Dec 06, 20 in night train to lisbon, a stuffy academic undergoes a late midlife crisis, impulsively abandoning his comfortable post as a teacher of classical studies in switzerland. Information about the categories seats, couchettes and sleepers. 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. How to buy tickets, find ticket fares and schedules. This might be more suited to a sunday afternoon tv slot, but i. 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. Five questions with night train to lisbon director bille august. Your own sleeper compartment, the couchette car for use by your group or an inexpensive single berth in a multiberth compartment or the seated. When, one afternoon, he walks out of his class while in the middle of giving. The lusitania line runs daily between madrid and lisbon and takes you there in less than 11 hours. Throwing in one life to look for another telegraph. Night train to lisbon is a novel of ideas that reads like a thriller. It has been hailed by booksellers and critics, and embraced by readers.
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 carson weatherell is a privileged young american woman traveling in europe in 1936, courtesy of her aunt and uncle. Pdf night train to lisbon book by pascal mercier free. Vanity is an unrecognised form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to be vain and thats a glaring form of stupidity. Read night train to lisbon, by pascal mercier online on bookmate raimund gregorius teaches classical languages at a swiss lycee, and lives a life governed by routine. Night train to lisbon tells the story of mildmannered, middleaged classics scholar raimund gregorius. Night train to lisbon is a rare achievement of philosophical thinking, in a setting of revolution. He buys a book she was carrying written by a doctor in lisbon. Its an intelligent book, all right, but theres barely a breath of life in it. Five questions with night train to lisbon director bille. A swiss classics teacher, raimund gregorius jeremy irons, saves a young mystery woman from diving off a bridge on his way to school and, upon finding a book with. Feb 01, 2009 night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. A novel by pascal mercier and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He spontaneously decides to use it, setting off on an adventurous journey to lisbon. The effect of this endless conversation is numbing rather than stimulating.
The bookseller remembers the girls purchasing this obscure book and, as he leafs through it, a train ticket to lisbon falls out. Jeremy irons and lena olin star in night train to lisbon. Night train to lisbon by emily grayson nook book ebook. Trains to lisbon cheap train tickets to lisbon trainline. Bille august, night train to lisbon, preproduction danish film director bille august has consistently brought a strong vision to international stories. 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. I saw the film first and turned to the novel to find answers to the questions of meaning. His object of pursuit shifts from the young woman to the author of the book. All he finds is a small book, a memoir of sorts, by amadeu do prado. He is best known for pelle the conqueror, the 1987 film about swedish immigrants in denmark, which received the palme dor, the academy award and the golden globe. Confused and doubtful, raimund rushes to the station, but the woman is nowhere in sight. Night train to lisbon is a 20 internationally coproduced englishlanguage drama film directed by bille august and starring jeremy irons. 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. Gregorius becomes obsessed by what he reads and restlessly struggles to comprehend the life of the author.
He packs his bag and takes a night train to lisbon. As he leafs through it, a train ticket to lisbon, portugal falls out. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Publishers weekly nov 5, 2007 in swiss novelist merciers u. Jan 04, 2015 night train to lisbon 20, director bille august pascal mercier novel imagination is our last sanctuary pascal mercier peter bieri born 23 june 1944, better known by his pseudonym. Life is not what we live, it is what we imagine living. 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. 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.
Todays train perpetuates the famous sud express name, first carried by a wagonslits company train in the late 19th century. Which character as performed by david colacci was your favorite. 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. Other spanish cities are also directly connected to the portuguese capital. I hardly ever mark up my fiction books but i found myself highlighting phrases and rereading. The trenhotel night train to lisbon is ready to depart on platform 12 of madridchamartin station.
It is an introspective, self examining, philosophical soul searching journal. 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. What other book might you compare night train to lisbon to and why. Night train to lisbon was adapted into bille augusts awardwinning 20 film starring jeremy irons, lena olin, christopher lee, and charlotte rampling.
Night train to lisbon theme song and quotes for the dreamers, my alltime favourite book duration. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by pascal mercier. It is one of the most important train stations in lisbon. It is stamped with the address of the bookstore, so he goes there. The main characters of this fiction, philosophy story are raimund gregorius. It twins the marvelous action film of bille august also named night train to lisbon.
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. Praise for night train to lisbon one of the most thoughtful and entertaining novels to come out of europe in a decade. Read night train to lisbon, by pascal mercier on bookmate. Night train to lisbon never engages the reader, in particular never makes the reader care about gregorius. The narrative in umberto ecos books such as the name of the rose. John leonard, harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. Essentially it is the story of an academic raimund gregorius who, on a whim, gives up his lecturing post in bern and takes the train to lisbon.
When, one afternoon, he walks out of his class while. For the fast bookers, these are the booking links for the night train. Night train to lisbon follows raimund gregorius, a 57yearold classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across europe. Night train to lisbon is based on an international best selling book of the same name, first published in german in 2004. Oct 15, 2008 but what night train to lisbon really suggests is roads to freedom, jeanpaul sartres breathless trilogy about identitymaking. At the last moment he decides to use the ticket himself, and during the journey he reads the book. John leonard,harpers magazine celebrates the beauty and allure of language. 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. Travel by train from avila to lisbon in a journey of about 9 hours and 10 minutes, or choose the train route from salamanca to lisbon which takes approximately 7 and a half hours. A huge international best seller, night train to lisbon was published in hardcover in january with a modest first printing. Free download or read online night train to lisbon pdf epub book. Every character, every scene, is evoked with an incomparable economy and a tragic nobility redolent of the mysterious hero, whom we only ever encounter through the eyes of others. 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.
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