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Lädt ... Abschied für Anfänger (2012)von Anne Tyler
  
Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.   ) ellink | Jan 22, 2024 |  ) CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 | As he slowly puts his life - and house - back together, he ponders on the past, and has some rather unsatisfying exchanges with his wife that make him wonder just how happy they were together. The book also involves his colleagues and work as an editor in a kind of vanity publishing house. As well as some inevitable poignancy, given the subject matter, there are some light-hearted moments, ironic humour in a low-key way, and the brilliant observations and descriptions that characterise this author. Definitely recommended if you want something a bit different. Longer review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-beginners-goodbye-by-anne-tyler... (  ) SueinCyprus | Oct 10, 2022 | Signature Anne Tyler. She knows how to get to the heart of a person in the first five pages and make you truly care about the everyday minutia of his life. I cannot ever remember reading an Anne Tyler that I didn’t like. This was no exception. (  ) mattorsara | Aug 11, 2022 | Ein grundsätzlich lesenswertes Buch, das mit der Trauer um einen plötzlich verlorenen Partner sehr sensibel umgeht. ( ) Ellemir | May 25, 2022 |
 Embarking on an Anne Tyler novel is like heading off on vacation to a favorite destination: You're filled with anticipation of pleasure, even though you know the place is likely to have changed since your last visit. The Beginner's Goodbye, Tyler's 19th novel, fulfills that dual craving for familiarity and freshness. Its focus is loss and recovery, grief and growth....  This is not a dramatic transformation but a slow, hard-won realisation that comes with time and constant picking-over the same problem. For the essentially optimistic Tyler, this process allows for rejuvenation and the opportunity for a second chance. For Tyler's many fans, her latest work won't disappoint. The Beginner's Goodbye," Tyler's 19th novel, features all of these things and more — there is a ghost — and less; just over 200 pages, it is, both in literal weight and narrative complexity, lighter than most of the Tyler canon. Which should not be construed as "less," at least not in the pejorative sense of the word. In many ways, "Goodbye" feels like the center slice of an Anne Tyler novel, a distillation.... The wonder of Anne Tyler is how consistently clear-eyed and truthful she remains about the nature of families and especially marriage. All of this Tyler understands, tackling Aaron’s sudden loss with characteristic warmth, sympathy and wisdom. As in all her books – and this is one of her great strengths – male and female characters are equally well drawn. Perhaps the chief constituent of grief is regret: regret for the unkind word, the unexpressed affection, the small opportunities missed. To say that Tyler writes about regret would be like saying that Anton Chekhov writes about boredom: true, but inadequate. Without melodrama but always with compassion, as well as outstanding insight and gentle humour, regret is the abiding theme of her fiction. This makes her especially popular with readers over the age of 35, who are old enough to have started accumulating regrets of their own.  Ms. Tyler’s tepid new novel, “The Beginner’s Goodbye,” doggedly follows this formula, adding a supernatural twist seemingly borrowed from old movies like “Topper” or “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.”...The problem is that the reader couldn’t care less. Whereas Ms. Tyler’s most powerful work has been animated by an intimate knowledge of her characters’ inner lives — sympathy that lofted us up over whatever was clichéd or cloying about their stories — the people in “The Beginner’s Goodbye” are irritating stick figures, insipid and emotionally uptight. .....As the title of “The Beginner’s Goodbye” suggests, Dorothy’s spectral visits are supposed to help Aaron learn to come to terms with her death — and with the imperfections of their marriage — so that he might move on with his life. It’s a trite and predictable lesson from what is arguably this talented author’s tritest and most predictable novel. Gehört zu VerlagsreihenOtavan kirjasto (241) AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige Auswahlen
Wegen einer körperlichen Behinderung ist Aaron seit seiner Kindheit von allen bemuttert und betütelt worden. Das war ihm stets verhasst, und deshalb hat er die spröde und etwas altbackene Dorothy geheiratet, die alles andere als ein mütterlicher Typ ist. Jetzt ist sie tot - erschlagen von einem Baum, der aufs Haus gestürzt ist - und Aaron muss nicht nur mit dem Verlust und seiner Trauer fertig werden, sondern sich auch noch der übertriebenen Fürsorge von Nachbarn und Kollegen erwehren - sei es in Form von Aufläufen vor seiner Tür, gezwungen ungezwungenen Gesprächen oder einem ungeschickten Verkupplungsversuch. Zudem plagen ihn Gewissensbisse, weil er häufig mit Dorothy gestritten und sie oft unnötig gekränkt hat. (Uschi Licht)
Als seine Frau Dorothy plötzlich stirbt, ist Aaron erstarrt vor Trauer. Dazu muss er sich der unwillkommenen und übertriebenen Fürsorge seiner Nachbarn und Kollegen erwehren. Schließlich kehrt Dorothy, praktisch veranlagt, wie sie ist, vorübergehend von den Toten zurück und steht ihm zur Seite. (Uschi Licht) Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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