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Indlæser... South of Broad (udgave 2009)af Pat Conroy
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   Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Here's what I wrote in 2010 about this read: "Easy read, with a flair for the dramatic. Come on, nobody talks constantly about gay sex like Trevor Poe, or has such a consistently smart aleck tongue like "Toad" (the narrator). Still a good story to keep company in the winter . . . And great eulogy to Charleston." (  ) MGADMJK | Aug 17, 2023 |  Conroy's prose is as beautiful as ever, but the plot is just too far fetched and the end of the novel gets way too sentimental (  ) kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 | En el verano de 1969, la madre de Leo King, directora de un colegio en Charleston, le encargó a su hijo el cuidado de los nuevos alumnos. Son alumnos que no comparten ni raza, ni carácter, ni clase social, pero forjarán una amistad que superará estas diferencias y que sobrevivirá esta etapa de su vida. Leo es un chico solitario que añora a su hermana mayor, que se suicidó. Sheba y Trevor son gemelos atractivos, exóticos y talentosos que viven con su madre alcohólica. Niles y Starla son huérfanos de orígenes muy pobres. Ike es el hijo del primer entrenador negro del colegio, y Molly y Chad son los hijos de familias adineradas y snobs. Se volverán a reunir veinte años después, cuando Sheba les pide que busquen a Trevor, que ese está muriendo de sida. Natt90 | Mar 24, 2023 | First edition as new  dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 | Yes, this book was sensational. No, it wasn't too believable. I think that was the point. The narrator, after all, is a writer. Within the book itself he discusses actual truth versus good storytelling. The narrator paints himself to be a hero and a martyr. I can't say it was my favorite book of all time, but it was enjoyable enough. ( ) CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |
 Conroy thanks his editor Nan A. Talese in his acknowledgments, but South of Broad merely adds urgency to the question of what it is this woman does, exactly, apart from pick up the tab.  Conroy remains a magician of the page. As a writer, he owns the South Carolina coast. But the descriptions of the tides and the palms, the confessions of love and loss, the memories “evergreen and verdant” set side by side with evocations of the “annoyed heart” have simply been done better — by the author himself. Conroy is an entertaining storyteller -- he has a corker of a final twist here -- yet much of “South of Broad” shows a weakness for emotional fireworks, two-dimensional characters and rough or purplish prose. Conroy reels his teenage characters through cliché showdowns of racial and class divisions, trying to make those broad social issues the backdrop to the personal stories in the narrative -- including the recurring presence of the shadowy and vicious Poe father. But Conroy doesn't have anything new or interesting to say about the racial and class divides. And too many of his characters are set up as types instead of fully fledged people, incapable, at times, of anything more than the most mundane of dialogues. DistinctionsNotable Lists
Skildring af en gruppe unge, der går på samme gymnasium i Charleston, South Carolina. Her knytter de et nært venskab, som spænder over to årtier, fra 1960ernes modkultur til starten af AIDS-krisen i 1980erne. De oplever utallige op- og nedture, men trods prøvelser overlever sammenholdet. No library descriptions found. |
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