The Travelling Hornplayer
Registered by 
violoncellix
of Groningen, Groningen Netherlands on 5/15/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
violoncellix of Groningen, Groningen Netherlands on 5/15/2005 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
6 journalers for this copy...
In the Dutch forum, Bookcrosser enthused about this book from an author about whom I'd never heard, so I immediately bought it. I found it very, very good. Although Trapido plays a lot with dramatic irony, I would call the book a tragedy rather than a social comedy (as the reviewers called it). For me the main theme of "The travelling hornplayer" is the many forms grief can take. Here's Lydia's sister, Ellen:
When my sister was killed by a car in north London, her small leather backpack was thrown clear of her body. It contained nothing except a return train ticket between King's Cross and Royston in Hertfordshire, where she was still at school, her Young Person's Railcard and the extended essay she had just then had returned to her that she had written for her A level German course.
Since she had not filled in the address section of the railcard, it was the essay that had made the job of identifying her such an easy one for the police. The front cover of the essay's binder had a large adhesive label with the name of her examination board and that of her school. It also gave her name and candidate number, and the title of her essay. It was called Love and Death at the Mill: Twenty Poems from the Posthumous Papers of a Travelling Hornplayer.
(...) It surprises me now to remember that my father -- our father -- had used to call us `Gigglers One and Two'; that he was always inclined to treat us as if we were two halves of the same pantomime horse. He has treated me very seriously ever since. People in the past were often unable to tell us one from the other. This was not only because we looked alike, but because our speech and other mannerisms were similar. It is only very rarely now that a person will call me by her name. The Lydia that once lived is dead in both of us.
When my sister was killed by a car in north London, her small leather backpack was thrown clear of her body. It contained nothing except a return train ticket between King's Cross and Royston in Hertfordshire, where she was still at school, her Young Person's Railcard and the extended essay she had just then had returned to her that she had written for her A level German course.
Since she had not filled in the address section of the railcard, it was the essay that had made the job of identifying her such an easy one for the police. The front cover of the essay's binder had a large adhesive label with the name of her examination board and that of her school. It also gave her name and candidate number, and the title of her essay. It was called Love and Death at the Mill: Twenty Poems from the Posthumous Papers of a Travelling Hornplayer.
(...) It surprises me now to remember that my father -- our father -- had used to call us `Gigglers One and Two'; that he was always inclined to treat us as if we were two halves of the same pantomime horse. He has treated me very seriously ever since. People in the past were often unable to tell us one from the other. This was not only because we looked alike, but because our speech and other mannerisms were similar. It is only very rarely now that a person will call me by her name. The Lydia that once lived is dead in both of us.
Dit boek gaat binnenkort naar een andere BC-er die er wel interesse in had, zie http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/15/2040249
Boek is inmiddels verstuurd.
Wat een leuke verrassing!!! Dankjewel lieve violoncellix!!! Ik heb net A year of wonders uit, spring over Mt TBR heen en ga er fijn in beginnen.
I finished this book weeks ago but obviously did not journal it. I liked it a lot, loved it in fact. Trapido does great type-casting with her language. It fits the characters perfectly, one of them sounds hilarious, another a bit pouting, a third again different. A book MaaikeB would like, I'll ask her if she would be interested. Thanks again to violoncellix for this wonderful experience.
Promised this book to MaaikeB half a year ago. Will send it tomorrow. This is called slow life, very trendy.
Slow is beautiful! I had completely forgotten about this book, so it was a nice surprise again. Thanks a lot, both of you. The book looks very promising.
Wonderful book, indeed! Now I definitely want to read everything Trapido has written. Thanks for introducing her to me, powerhouse, violoncellix and BookCrosser.
I feel flattered, to be the one this lovely book is handed over to. It feels okay, it smells perfect and the entries are ever so promising.
I read it and enjoyed it tremendously.
Today I release this book during a meeting of the honorable Dutch Boekgrrls. This might be the end to its travelling time for a while. I don't mind. It will be in good hands.
Today I release this book during a meeting of the honorable Dutch Boekgrrls. This might be the end to its travelling time for a while. I don't mind. It will be in good hands.
got it at the boekgrrls book swatch at Riannes 21/9/2008.
It's a mini ring: Elsje (screenname ?) wil get it afterwards.
It's a mini ring: Elsje (screenname ?) wil get it afterwards.
Jonna handed this book to me about half a year ago. I has finally reached the top of my MTBR :-) Seeing the earlier reviews, I am about to start reading a great book. Looking forward to it!
Een prachtig boek. Ik heb genoten. Zie hier mijn leesverslag: http://elsjelas.blogspot.com/2011/12/barbara-trapido-travelling-hornplayer.html
Released 12 yrs ago (1/22/2012 UTC) at Vredenburg in Utrecht, Utrecht Netherlands
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Vanavond naar een concert in Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh, een geschikte plek voor een "Travelling hornplayer"
Tonight, I am visiting a concert in Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh, a suitable place to release a "Travelling hornplayer"
:-D
Tonight, I am visiting a concert in Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh, a suitable place to release a "Travelling hornplayer"
:-D
