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Indlæser... The Peaceable Kingdom: Storiesaf Francine Prose
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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. Prose has assembled here a collection of her stories which dissect at seemingly functional lives, for what an outsider would take as such. In the tradition of Cheever, she allows us to see into the nagging conscious of a character to see what is probably true of all our lives, nothing is certain, nothing is easy and no heart is wholly at peace. Well written, momentarily evocative but, sadly, not lasting. I am still trying to figure out exactly why Hawthorne's minister is wearing a black veil and what the wife in a Peter Taylor story is going to do about her cheating husband. I still won't buy yellow roses thanks to Faulkner's murderess Emily. I read those stories at least thirty years ago. However, these stories were gone within a day for me. Or, maybe they will boomerang back into my brain at some point. We'll see. ( ) Prose has assembled here a collection of her stories which dissect at seemingly functional lives, for what an outsider would take as such. In the tradition of Cheever, she allows us to see into the nagging conscious of a character to see what is probably true of all our lives, nothing is certain, nothing is easy and no heart is wholly at peace. Well written, momentarily evocative but, sadly, not lasting. I am still trying to figure out exactly why Hawthorne's minister is wearing a black veil and what the wife in a Peter Taylor story is going to do about her cheating husband. I still won't buy yellow roses thanks to Faulkner's murderess Emily. I read those stories at least thirty years ago. However, these stories were gone within a day for me. Or, maybe they will boomerang back into my brain at some point. We'll see. Prose has assembled here a collection of her stories which dissect at seemingly functional lives, for what an outsider would take as such. In the tradition of Cheever, she allows us to see into the nagging conscious of a character to see what is probably true of all our lives, nothing is certain, nothing is easy and no heart is wholly at peace. Well written, momentarily evocative but, sadly, not lasting. I am still trying to figure out exactly why Hawthorne's minister is wearing a black veil and what the wife in a Peter Taylor story is going to do about her cheating husband. I still won't buy yellow roses thanks to Faulkner's murderess Emily. I read those stories at least thirty years ago. However, these stories were gone within a day for me. Or, maybe they will boomerang back into my brain at some point. We'll see. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Stories of innocence lost, from a master observer of modern life The citizens of Prose's realm are perpetually experiencing surprises. Nothing is reliable in their world, where dream vacations, weddings, and parties go sideways; strangers make unexpected confessions; and even family pets can sow discord. The peaceable kingdom of the everyday is streaked with darker, harsher truths. No library descriptions found. |
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