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Indlæser... Brooklyn (udgave 2015)af Colm Tóibín (Forfatter)
Work InformationBrooklyn af Colm TÓIBÍN
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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. This is exactly the sort of literary fiction that makes me feel ambivalent about literary fiction. I don't mean I didn't like it, I just mean I felt tired by the time I finished it, and hesitant to repeat the experience soon. Brooklyn is a quiet story about a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to Brooklyn in the 1950s. The storytelling is comfortable yet spare; the historical details are immersive. This is a novel you can finish in a weekend (and I did). The theme seems to be the way our identities—perhaps women's identities specifically—are contingent on circumstance; Eilis spends much of her time masking or questioning her feelings, and her selfhood becomes illegible as a result. I liked how her relationships were mediated by letters, or by social expectations—it made me think of communication theory, the way some messages simply can't go through. As a portrait of young womanhood, Brooklyn is certainly joyless and claustrophobic, though subtly so. To the extent that Eilis has a stable identity, it seems to be rooted in her desire to be an accountant. I want all the best for this confused young person, but at the end of the day, I prefer my heroines to be a bit more verbose and defiant. Where do I begin? I could begin like the author and take half of the novel to tell you what could be summed up in 5 pages beautifully? Or I could be like the author and take the second half to move the story and the character around at breakneck speed without any insight into how why or where or what the point was? Bottom line it had more potential than product. You want to care for the character but she's so aloof even to the reader. No one in her family knows where their voice is and their ability to communicate with each other is just as bad as the author's communication with the reader. There were some great moments and then they fell flat. Everything the book was leading up to dropped on the last page. I don't need a nice neat wrap up with a book but I do like to finish the book without the feeling that the library possibly ripped out the last 35 pages as a cruel joke to me.
Ultimately, Brooklyn does not feel limited. Tóibín makes a single incision, but it’s extraordinarily well-placed and strikes against countless nerve-ends. The novel is a compassionate reminder that a city must be made of people before it can be made of myths. In tracking the experience, at the remove of half a century, of a girl as unsophisticated and simple as Eilis — a girl who permits herself no extremes of temperament, who accords herself no right to self-assertion — Toibin exercises sustained subtlety and touching respect. . . In “Brooklyn,” Colm Toibin quietly, modestly shows how place can assert itself, enfolding the visitor, staking its claim. Belongs to SeriesEilis Lacey (1) Tilhører ForlagsserienKeltainen kirjasto (419) Keltainen pokkari (62) HæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Unge Eilis fra det fattige Irland fr omkring 1950 tilbud om en bedre tilvrelse i New York. Her finder den forsigtige pige efterhnden sin plads i pensionatet og i butikken, hvor hun arbejder. Men hvordan skal hun dog fortlle mor om den sde Tony? No library descriptions found. |
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4 stars
This was a good book to follow several books that were high tension reading.It’s a very low key story. Eilis Lacey has the usual struggles of a young woman in a new land. Difficult adjustments, certainly, but nothing earth shattering. Her story was interesting to me without disturbing my peace.
The stifling, judgemental atmosphere of the mid-century Irish village caused me some frustration. I wanted Eilis to find some assertive rebellion. She was fortunate to have her sister's manipulative backing. I enjoyed looking over Eilis’ shoulder as she adjusted to life in Brooklyn. This is a book of detailed character study with a rich historic atmosphere. It wasn’t exciting, but I liked it.
I’m looking forward to checking out the upcoming sequel, Long Island, in May, 2024. ( )