If only
著者
書誌事項
If only
Happy Few, 2016
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"More people commit suicide during their holidays than at any other time. It's strange but it makes sense. The rest of the year they are too busy, too harassed, too tired to think seriously about anything. Only when they get away from home and work do they have the leisure to reflect at length on their misery and abandon themselves to despair. It's only then that they have the energy to rouse themselves without the aid of habit and do something out of the ordinary."If Only is the story of Jim Taylor, a gifted young man who dreams of becoming a great musician, but tired of poverty and homelessness, gives up his vocation. 'I want to enjoy life before I'm too old for it,' he says when he finds a well-paid job working with the first computers. He meets Lesley at a concert and they have a disastrous affair, but "each felt guilty, each felt the other was innocent - they were in love" and they get married. Lesley is the sun of Jim's life, the light of this otherwise dark story. 'You turn your head and a decade is gone." Jim is the Senior Vice-President of the UK's biggest software company.A decent but weak character, ('he had a mortgage - he wasn't a free man') he became the best of the worst kind of villains.
If only he had stuck to music! If only he had known, if only he had understood.
目次
1 - 1. Statistics 1, 2. Luke 5, 3. Comet Claudina 10, 4. A Broken Vow 16, 5. Who do you think you are? 18, 6. A Privileged Childhood 22, 7. One of Death's Doors 27, 8. Betrayals 30, 9. Betrayals (Cont'd) 37, 10. A Casual Affair 44, 11. Hysteria 52, 12. The Meaning of Distance 57, 13. Girls Talking 63, 14. The Apricot Dress 69, 15. Venturing Abroad 74, 16. Luke (Cont'd) 80, 17. Lady Margaret 85, 18. Homecoming 92, 19. Feeling Lucky 96, 20. Executive Friendship 102, 21. Remedies 107, 22. Tony Ross 114, 23. Aftershocks 125, 24. Are Humans Raw Material? 127, 25. Three Mantras 136, 26. The PrincesS and the Maid 140, 27. The Oath 149, 28. We Didn't Make the World 155, 29. The Front line 162, 30. Who Should Suffer? 173, 31. Shame 180, 32. A Pair of Hands 187, 33. The Wake 19234. The Art of Modern Calumny 197, 35. Saying Goodbye 205, 36. If Only 212, 37. A Cosmic Happening 214, 2 - 1. The Difficulty of Drowning 226, 2. A Joyrider 232, 3. An Old Tale Remembered 237, 4. A Suspicious Stranger 242, 5. The Eyes of Love 246, 6. Getting Reacquainted 249, 7. A Dangerous Place 255, 8. Changing Colour 261, 9. Guilt-Free Gluttony 268, 10. How Much is Life Worth? 276, 11. Saving Grace 285, 12. A Vocation 293, 13. Don't Spurn a Helping Hand 298, 14. Ellie's Wish 300, 15. The Chinese Threat 305, 16. A Cruel Awakening 314, 17. The Avenging Angel 319, 18. Short-Lived Bliss 326, 19. The Church with a Difference 329, 20. Blue Skies 333, 21. Celebrity 338, 22. The Second Wish 341, 23. The Plague 343, 24. Hot Chocolate 350, 25. Living in Danger 358, 26. The Third Wish 361, About the Author 438
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