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The Shore

von Sara Taylor

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Fiction. Literature. HTML:An ambitious, Baileys prize-nominated debut set in an unforgettable place, introducing a powerful new voice in fiction

The Shore: a group of small islands in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Virginia. The Shore is clumps of evergreens, wild ponies, oyster-shell roads, tumble-down houses, unwanted pregnancies, murder, and dark magic in the marshes. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it's a place that generations of families both wealthy and destitute have inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a half-Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create. 
 
Through a series of interconnecting narratives that recalls the work of David Mitchell and Jennifer Egan, Sara Taylor brings to life the small miracles and miseries of a community of outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect them all.

Spanning over a century, dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished work of fiction by a young writer of remarkable promise.
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    Did You Ever Have a Family von Bill Clegg (charl08)
    charl08: Similar style of linked narration by different members of a community, with convincing distinctive voices, dealing with theme of family.
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Tutto il nostro sangue è l’esordio letterario di Sara Taylor e io me lo sarei perso di certo se non fosse stato per il GdL LiberTiAmo: mi sarebbe dispiaciuto molto perché, nonostante qualche difetto, è un romanzo interessante.

Innanzi tutto propone figure femminili di tutto rispetto: nonostante il desolante contesto di violenza nel quale gran parte di queste donne si ritrova a vivere, nessuna di loro viene dipinta come la tipica vittima impotente alla quale ci hanno abituato i vari spot antiviolenza. Si tratta sì di vittime, ma questo non le definisce: sono le loro scelte a definirle, sia che siano condivisibili (lasciare il loro aguzzino o aiutare un’altra donna a farlo) sia che non lo siano (omicidi e mutilazioni… sì, non si va tanto per il sottile).

Inoltre, mi è piaciuta tantissimo l’organizzazione del romanzo, che non segue uno sviluppo in ordine cronologico degli eventi, ma ogni capitolo è ambientato in un anno diverso, spesso con personaggi diversi come protagonisti. Questo conferisce al romanzo un sapore da raccolta di storie brevi, anche se collegate tra di loro, molto piacevole.

Veniamo ora alle note dolenti. Francamente, non ho proprio capito quale fosse il ruolo dell’elemento di realismo magico che a un certo punto viene introdotto nella narrazione. L’ho trovato un po’ buttato là a casaccio e davvero non necessario. Tuttavia, il climax del “che-cazzo-sto-leggendo” Taylor lo raggiunge con i capitoli ambientati in un ipotetico futuro distopico e/o post-apocalittico.

Quei capitoli li ho capiti anche meno del realismo magico. Ma erano proprio necessari? O, perlomeno, era proprio necessario introdurli solo con le paranoie di una tipa, peraltro citate in fretta e furia alla fine di un capitolo e che sembrano sul momento solo i deliri di una vecchia pazza? Messi così sembrano troppo slegati dal resto della narrazione e si ha l’impressione di leggere tutto un altro romanzo.

Oltretutto, ho la netta sensazione che il messaggio cruciale fosse proprio in quello spiazzante mondo distopico: peccato non averlo colto perché troppo impegnata a chiedermi dove fossi finita... ( )
  lasiepedimore | Sep 21, 2023 |
The Shore: a group of small islands in the Chespeake Bay, just off the coast of Virginia. Many generations of families live and have lived on these remote islands. There are the wealthy and the destitute.
We are introduced to many of those families and taken through many generations at the same time.

This was well written and although I found it a little confusing, the stories of these people was fascinating anyway. ( )
  JReynolds1959 | Sep 19, 2021 |
Fantastic! Review to come. :) ( )
  JCanausa | Feb 1, 2021 |
DNFd at page 195. This book was just too bleak for me. While abuse in literature doesn't usually bother me, it was over-the-top in this book.
  tntbeckyford | Feb 16, 2019 |
Brilliantly realized, with great writing and vivid characters. There's a lot of jumping around in time, but it's easy to figure out how all the characters relate to each other and I liked the way that Taylor demonstrated the themes of the book in vastly different time periods. One of my favorite books from this year's Bailey longlist. ( )
  GaylaBassham | May 27, 2018 |
Taylor, it seems, can do dark realism as well as she can the magic kind – in fact, she seems able to do most things. This debut is a testament to an exuberant talent and an original, fearless sensibility. It’s also enormous fun to read.
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Fiction. Literature. HTML:An ambitious, Baileys prize-nominated debut set in an unforgettable place, introducing a powerful new voice in fiction

The Shore: a group of small islands in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Virginia. The Shore is clumps of evergreens, wild ponies, oyster-shell roads, tumble-down houses, unwanted pregnancies, murder, and dark magic in the marshes. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it's a place that generations of families both wealthy and destitute have inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a half-Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create. 
 
Through a series of interconnecting narratives that recalls the work of David Mitchell and Jennifer Egan, Sara Taylor brings to life the small miracles and miseries of a community of outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect them all.

Spanning over a century, dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished work of fiction by a young writer of remarkable promise.

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