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Indlæser... Empire Falls (udgave 2002)af Richard Russo (Forfatter)
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Russo's command of his story is unerring, but his manner is so unassuming that his mastery is easy to miss. He satisfies every expectation without lapsing into predictability, and the last section of the book explodes with surprises that also seem, in retrospect, like inevitabilities. As the pace quickens and the disparate threads of the narrative draw tighter, you find yourself torn between the desire to rush ahead and the impulse to slow down. Empire Falls, situated at a fictitious and unlovely bend of the Knox River, is the kind of place tourists from Boston or New York speed through en route to the mini-Martha's Vineyards of the Maine coast, perhaps stopping for lunch at a place like the Empire Grill and eavesdropping on the taciturn, wisecracking regulars. By the end of this novel, you'll know the town's geography like a native, and its tattered landmarks -- the Empire Grill, the old Whiting shirt factory, the architectural folly C. B. Whiting built across the river -- will be as vivid and as charged with metaphor as Salem's house of seven gables or the mansions of East Egg. You will also have had the good fortune to tour this unremarkable geography in the company of an amiable, witty raconteur who knows all the gossip and the local history as well as some pretty good jokes. Only after you've bought him a beer, shaken his hand and said goodbye will it occur to you that he's also one of the best novelists around. Russo's command of his story is unerring, but his manner is so unassuming that his mastery is easy to miss. He satisfies every expectation without lapsing into predictability, and the last section of the book explodes with surprises that also seem, in retrospect, like inevitabilities. As the pace quickens and the disparate threads of the narrative draw tighter, you find yourself torn between the desire to rush ahead and the impulse to slow down. InspireretIndeholder elevguideHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Miles Roby, ejer af den lokale Empire Grill i Empire Falls, Maine har masser af fortrædeligheder med familien, og hvad er det Mrs. Whiting fra møllen har i tankerne?. No library descriptions found. |
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Empire Falls er en mindre og hendøende provinsby i Maine befolket af ægte og håndfaste arketyper. Der er tale om mange enkeltpersoner, som efterhånden i bogen væver sig ind i et fælles net, hvor der på det nærmeste går tråde mellem de fleste personer. De er samlet omkring den 42-årige Miles Roby, der bestyrer byens grillrestaurant. Han er den alt for flinke fyr, som næsten alle kan lide, og som alle mener skulle gøre noget for at sætte lidt mere gang i livet.Der er et væld af små og store historier om byen og dens personer og deres indbyrdes relationer, alt sammen under kontrol af den nu aldrende enke Francine Whitting, der stadig ejer det halve af byen.
Det er en rigtig god bog om livet i et hensygnende provinshul, skrevet med varme og ikke mindst humor og ironi. Personerne får lov til at folde sig ud på godt og ondt, og der ikke tvivl om forfatterens sym- og antipatier. Bogen fik i 2002 Pulitzerprisen. Jeg har læst bedre 'Pulitzerbøger' - men nød absolut også dette glimrende stykke americana. ( )