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Lädt ... Every Boy Should Have a Manvon Preston L. Allen
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Great Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I received this book as part of LibraryThing's "Early Reviewers" program. I absolutely loved it! It describes the plight of "mans" (normal humans) and their status as pets or slaves in the society of the Oafs (giants). The book discusses issues of class, the absurdity of war, and prejudice against races considered inferior to the "majority" race. The reader is told the story from the view of Oaf Society, so we don't realize until the end of the book, when the main character, Red Locks, tells her former master that all Mans talk, but not all speak the language of the Oafs, which Zloty (the former master of Red Locks) cannot fathom at all because Oafs have only one language. Every Boy Should Have A Man is a wonderfully written retold version of Jack and the Beanstalk with social commentary that is blatantly applied to our own world and society. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I liked this book, but I don't think it was meant for me. I suspect this is the sort of thing high school students (or 7th/8th grade students) should be made to read, as it would be a great source of discussion fodder on racism, animal rights, and what it means to be human. I care about all of these things, but I thought the storytelling was a little sloppy. I think it could be much better received by a more naive audience, and these are important topics, so I welcome any novel that attempts to address them. It's a very quick read, and the underlying themes are things that we ought to be talking about more. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Review based on ARC.As a start, the title is misleading. The book implies that every human boy should have a human man, but the book is, in fact, about every "oaf" boy having a human man (which is sometimes a human female man) as a pet. And I think that that statement is incomplete and unfair to the book as well. In 164 pages, Preston Allen manages to craft a story with depth, emotions, and morals. No words are wasted and no story line drags. Allen interweaves multi-generational stories and breaks off into almost-subplots, and he impressively gives the reader a real sense of the personality and the character of the individuals in the book. It is an almost everyman kind of story, that is simultaneously a fantasy and a serious, dramatic, "life lesson" kind of book. It is interesting and intriguing. It is almost, but not quite, preachy. It conveys a message firmly and intensely, but inoffensive and loving. You get the sense that the author has a great care for humans and their follies, earth and its weaknesses, and the interplay between the two. And yet it is a fantasy, in which giants have humans for pets. And even more, there is a twist. I cannot say more because at 164 pages, there is too much to ruin. But I greatly enjoyed reading this book (in one sitting), and I would recommend it to ... I think anyone I know. For me, while the book was indeed great, it wasn't a 5-star book that blew me away only because it wasn't. It was great. Impressive. Enjoyable. Enlightening. But it did not make me feel like squeezing the book because I was so pleased with it, and it did not make me insist that every single person I know read it. So a VERY strong Four out of 5 stars. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
Science Fiction.
HTML:"James Baldwin meets Aldous Huxley" in this "highly original" speculative fable (Chicago Tribune). Nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction In a post-human world, creatures called oafs keep humanlike "mans" as beloved pets. One day, a poor boy oaf brings home a man, whom he hides under his bed in the hopes his parents won't find out . . . "Much like Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel Planet of the Apes, this novel is a sardonic parable on the nature and destiny of the species. A nimble fable whose bold narrative experiment is elevated by its near-biblical language and affectionate embrace of our inherent flaws." â??Kirkus Reviews "An imaginative and honest epic, weaving together biblical stories, fantasy, poetry, and fairy tales with a touch of realism. . . . Allen asks us to question the assumptions, -isms, and contradictions of the modern world. . . . Recalling the humanitarian concerns of Octavia Butler's Fledgling and the poetry of Ovid's Metamorphosis [sic], this book will appeal to readers of literary fiction and fantasy." â??Library Journal "Imaginative, versatile, and daring, Allen raids the realms of myth and fairy tales in this topsy-turvy speculative fable. . . . With canny improvisations on 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' the 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' and Alice in Wonderland, Allen sharpens our perceptions of class divides, racism, enslavement, and abrupt and devastating climate change to create a delectably adventurous, wily, funny, and wise cautionary parable." â??Booklist "It is one thing to devise a fable dealing so adroitly with such concepts as racism, war, religion, and the very nature of civilization itself, but Preston's true triumph is the infusion of each page and every astonishing episode with palpable emotional resonance." â??Les Standiford, New York Timesâ??bestselling author of Last Train to Paradise A Chicago Tribune Noteworth Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Beyond its awful title, "Every Boy Should Have a Man" rises above its "How To Serve Man" brethren because it really is very well written. The author employs just enough linguistic innovation here -- "man" is used for all humans, and doesn't take an irregular plural -- to keep the reader from getting too comfortable, and the book's tone and language is marvelously consistent. He succeeds: both the brutality depicted in this novel and its basic weirdness never fail to leave an impression. There are also a couple of fun bonuses, like a couple of epilogues and some faux-epic poems which would register as tedious "world-building" in a less-effective novel but are pretty delightful in this context. I'd never heard of the author before picking this one up, but I feel like I've actually made a fine discovery here. Recommended to fans of speculative fiction, readers with an interest in fairy tales, or anyone, really, that doesn't think that a little bone-crunching gore should get in the way of appreciating a good novel. ( )