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Indlæser... Flesh and Bloodaf Michael Crummey
   Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  JooniperD | May 25, 2016 |   My favorite story is called "After Image" and is comprised of multiple short pieces told from the viewpoint of three different members of the same immediate family. Lise, a woman born with prescience. Winston, her husband and a man scarred badly by accident. And Leo, their adopted son. I also really like the story "Break and Enter" about two sisters who come together when the younger sister's relationship with a drug-addicted painter crumbles. One can't separate Michael Crummey from his beloved Newfoundland but who would want to? (  ) avaland | Feb 3, 2010 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
From the author of the best-selling, Giller-nominated River Thieves comes a heartbreaking and masterful collection of short fiction. With uncommon elegance and compassion, Michael Crummey has created a community of exiles, characters estranged from their home, from their families or, just as often, from themselves. Set largely in the small Newfoundland mining town of Black Rock, but straying as far west as Vancouver and as far east as China, these stories are subtle, stark portrayals of people alternately looking for or trying desperately to escape their place in the world. A young boy confuses love and allegiance, then stumbles into the complexities of adulthood; a brother and sister fall in love with the same woman; a frustrated wife protests her husband’s neglect by going on strike with the miners’ union; a lover’s drug habit reunites a woman with the sister she has lost. Anchor Books is proud to publish an expanded edition of Michael Crummey’s brilliant collection Flesh and Blood, which includes three original stories written just for this edition. Graceful, affecting, and generous of spirit, these stories are unforgettable. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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 Google Books — Indlæser...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit: (3.21)
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i approached crummey's collection optimistically. i love him. (seriously!!) and i held hope that his beautiful use of language and evocation of place when writing would draw me in completely. while there were many stories i liked a lot in flesh and blood i am left wishing i loved it more. (my fault, i know!) i give the book 4-stars for the writing. my own overall enjoyment of the collection is more around 3-stars (which PAINS me to my core to say about crummey's work).
i loved the settings and the glimpses at mining life during the industry's decline. crummey is terrific at the nuances of family and community - both of which are important in these stories. i also liked how the location of black rock recurred, along with a character or two cropping up in different stories -- i definitely appreciated the continuity in these instances.
i do suspect i will be thinking about a few of the stories for quite some time... in particular, 'the measure', featuring nurse maggie dawe. (