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Indlæser... Barracuda (2013)af Christos Tsiolkas
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I loved The Slap (to many people to dislike) and this book provided a few detestable characters too. I didn't race through it though as I didn't enjoy the story - found it hard going at times. ( ) This is the first Tsiolkas book I have read. Agree with other reviewers this was an uncomfortable read. I felt the book jumped around unnecessarily and I felt that some of the scenes weren't necessary to the story. In saying that I felt once finishing the book I still had unanswered questions, these questions were what kept me reading to the end in the first place. This story is about soooo much. Coming of age, accepting defeat, standing out from the crowd, trying to figure out where you fit in the scheme of everything, and more. 14 year old Danny Kelly is special. He is like a fish in water, he swims like no other and he has a scholarship to an elite, private school in Melbourne. He has the 2000 Sydney Olympics in his sights and within his grasp, and the the unthinkable happens and he is a lost soul trying to understand and come to grips with what went wrong. Tsiolkas is at his best in the beautifully presented story. It will leave you with a lump in your throat. HæderspriserDistinctions
His whole life Danny Kelly's only wanted one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done - every thought, every dream, every action - takes him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world will see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation for that moment. His parents struggle to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program; Danny loathes it there and is bullied and shunned as an outsider, but his coach is the best and knows Danny is, too, better than all those rich boys, those pretenders. Danny's win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys - he's Barracuda, he's the psycho, he's everything they want to be but don't have the guts to get there. He's going to show them all. He would be first, everything would be all right when he came first, all would be put back in place. When he thought of being the best, only then did he feel calm. A searing and provocative novel by the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Slap, Barracuda is an unflinching look at modern Australia, at our hopes and dreams, our friendships, and our families. Should we teach our children to win, or should we teach them to live? How do we make and remake our lives? Can we atone for our past? Can we overcome shame? And what does it mean to be a good person? Barracuda is about living in Australia right now, about class and sport and politics and migration and education. It contains everything a person is: family and friendship and love and work, the identities we inhabit and discard, the means by which we fill the holes at our centre. It's brutal and tender and blazingly brilliant; everything we have come to expect from this fearless vivisector of our lives and world. No library descriptions found. |
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