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Books : The Road Homeby: Rose Tremain
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 Rating:  - A THING OF BEAUTY"THE ROAD HOME", by Rose Tremain I read this novel in two days.I simply couldn't leave it. I underlined sentences,words...Rose Tremain gives us the unforgettable portrait of Lev, an immigrant from somewhere in east Europe who arrives in London thinking that most English people look something like Alec Guinness in "Bridge on the River Kwai"...It is a portrait completely different from the stereotypes of immigrants we find in most books dealing with this subject. It is utterly moving, funny, ... Read More Rating: - The road to salvation (7/10)Rose Tremain's Orange Prize-winning `The Road Home` is a compassionate if somewhat conventional novel about a migrant worker from Eastern Europe who seeks a job in England to provide money for his family. Opening with a quote from The Grapes of Wrath, `The Road Home' is a contemporary take on the Steinbeck paradigm, depicting a new reality affecting thousands of people from poorer parts of Europe. As for many for whom an expanded EU offers hope to make a better life, Tremain's protagonist Lev heads ... Read More Rating:  - My first Rose Tremain - what a find!Though the name has always been familiar to me, the author's work hasn't - I guess I've just never 'bumped into' one before. And how excited I now am to know I have her whole back catalogue to immerse myself in. Lev,the Eastwern Eurpoean immigrant whose story this is, is an instantly engaging hero, and if you weren't captivated and rooting for him from the very first page then you must have a hard heart indeed. What a fine writer Tremain is; every little word, every observation, every ... Read More Rating: - Hugely EnjoyableEngrossing, fascinating, well written and absorbing. Believable, catchy characters coupled with a very realistic and believable plot. I thoroghly enjoyed this book. Buy it now and read it. Rating: - Faultless Tremain explores 'The Immigrant's Tale'Deliberate Chaucerian echo in the title! Tremain tells the story of an Eastern European migrant in the UK, and though it is a story of one particular individual, she lays bare something universal, with compassion, tenderness, understanding and humour. As several readers have commented, she encourages us to look underneath 'the stereotype' and see the unique individual, each with his/her own story, at the heart of every easy categorisation or stereotype. In many ways the whole book is a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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