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Indlæser... Old Creole Days (1879)af George Washington Cable
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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. En el escenario extravagante de la vieja Nueva Orleans, a fines del siglo XVIII, George Washington Cable nos cautiva con esta novela de contornos románticos y a la vez realistas. Desfilan por las páginas de este clásico de la literatura norteamericana, seres de ficción que pudieron ser reales or su convincente y auténtico color, de matices profundamente humanos: navegantes del Mississippi, tahures, caballeros y terratenientes sureños, hermosas mujeres con sangre negra, yankees desvaídos. Con el antecedente de haber sido el primer autor que se atrevió a escribir sobre la mezcla de razas, Cable, sureño él mismo, hace de este libro un documento tanto literario como histórico. Fly in amber of a place and time. A bit hard to follow because some dialogue written in dialect. When the Creoles are speaking French to each other, it's in standard English. If they're speaking English it's written in dialect. It took me a while to be able to hear them. There is a lot here about the careful measurements of racial composition. Many plots turn on the possibility of 'mixing' occurring or having occurred. Though some witness or document usually shows up to prove it wasn't really so. Cable has been called a precursor to Faulkner. I was questioning this a minute ago, but now that I have written this... Loving descriptions of the city. An evocative curio that's maybe not for everyone. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
One of the greatest and most celebrated Southern writers of his day, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) helped to lead the local colorist movement of the late 1800s with his pioneering use of dialect and his skill with the short story form. A Southern reformist, Cable wrote faithful portrayals of Creoles and their culture that depict the Creole way of life during the transitory post-Civil War period. Originally published in 1879, Old Creole Days catapulted Cable to national recognition. The stories within reflect the everyday life of the New Orleans Creoles through a mixture of humor and the unique Creole patois. Cable's best-known work, Old Creole Days includes such famous stories as No library descriptions found. |
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