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Lädt ... The Other Handvon Deena Metzger
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From Chapter 1November 17, 1989Dear Cardinal Lustiger, Your Eminence:My name is Daniella Stonebrook Blue. I am-or was-by profession anastronomer. We are strangers to each other. Your name was given to me by awoman on a bus as we were traveling across New Mexico. Because of herinsistence, I am writing to you about this dark period of my life. I need to speakto you about the matter of light.Light is the alphabet of God. I knew this when I was born and then I forgot.This is the first time I have understood it as an adult woman. Even as I preparedto write these words, I didn't know what they implied until they appeared onthe page. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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If this sounds like a lot to take, it is. This is essentially a book of ideas with very little plot, but Metzger has imbued her small cast of characters with recurring motifs that provide real moments of wonder and discovery. The main problem for me was in the telling of these ideas, histories and internal conflicts. The entire book is Daniella's long letter to the real Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Lustiger. As such, it is completely one-sided. Daniella holds all the cards and controls all the narrative. The small amount of dialogue does not have the immediacy of real conversation as we realize it's all filtered through Daniella's memory and recorded by her in the letter. She often makes existential statements about the universe as if they were fact and not metaphysical and unproven. It's really just a long monologue. For me, this made the reading too dense and explanatory.
Metzger undoubtedly wants to show that by writing down our troubling thoughts and experiences we can come to understand and make peace with them. There truly are great ideas here--I just wish Metzger had used a more creative way to deliver these ideas to the reader. ( )