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Indlæser... Opium Dreams (1997)af Margaret Gibson
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In Margaret Gibson’s powerful first novel, a daughter’s poignant attempt to understand her dying father illuminates both their lives. Writer Maggie Glass watches her father fade into the murky realm of Alzheimer’s. To understand the man Timothy Glass was, Maggie pieces together fragments of his life, and, in doing so, gradually tells her own harrowing story. Spanning decades, the novel brilliantly interweaves the strands of a family’s past and present, vividly evoking an Ontario farm in the ’30s; the North African desert in wartime; a hospital in British Columbia, where a returning soldier’s dreams for the future alter irrevocably; Toronto in the ’50s, and in the decades that follow. Infused with startling imagery and with language that cuts straight to the bone of meaning, Opium Dreams is a moving and life-affirming novel from one of Canada’s most gifted writers. No library descriptions found. |
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Maggie Glass is the second of four daughters. She referes to her siblings as "The Sisters Three"; she has trouble relating to them and seems to be different. Her father, Timothy, referes to her as "the Dreamer; she is the one child he finds similar to himself.
As the story opens, Timothy is institutionalized for Altzheimer's. The Sisters Three want Maggie to return home to help care for him. The story evolves through a series of flashbacks to Maggie's childhood and to Timothy's.
The writing style is poetic. I was sometimes confused with the chronology of the story, but the strong characters kept me reading. ( )