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Lädt ... White Man Falling (2006)von Mike Stocks
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I bought this book because I'd had some minor dealings with the author, via his editorship of the excellent poetry magazine 'Anon'. I wasn't at all sure it would be my cup of tea, though, and it did take me several attempts to get into it at first. But when I finally sat down to give it a fair trial and got through the first few pages, I soon began to see what a very good book it really is. It's been described by Sarah Dunant as a 'serious comic novel' and that sums it up nicely. It's serious in that it reads as a highly authentic insight into life in modern India, and deals with issues of faith and mysticism and the power of the unsaid. It's comic in that it offers dry, often dark humour from beginning to end, whether in relation to the absurdities of domestic life or the equally absurd machinations of the political world. For anyone who's interested in a poignant, thought-provoking and entertaining book, this one comes highly recommended. ( ) An odd story of an indian man, retired from the police force due to a stroke, who is nearly flattened by a white man falling from the sky. This sets off a chain of events as a powerful man in town, mistaking Swami as a threat, threatens him. As Swami has 6 daughters with no means of a dowry, this disruption to his life is most distressing to his wife. She is negotiating a marriage for her eldest Daughter to a middle class family and is thrawted by her husband's misfortunes. A readable story, it shows a man caught in a storm of events he cannot control and withdrawing from the the world after a near death experience. The love of his wife and children who try to support him as he becomes extremely popular in town show a tighknit family unit even if they do not understand Swami. A comedy of errors that has to be read to the end, Diese Rezension wurde vom Autor verfasst. This one's by me, so I won't rate it...Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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This winner of the Goss First Novel Award 2006 is a tale of domestic catastrophe, accidental crime-busting, deluded matchmaking, and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his community, or give his six daughters the bankrupting dowries they deserve--and his wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India. No wonder Swami has lost his pride and wants to kill himself using only a puncture repair kit. Surely a man in these circumstances has good reason to feel cursed when a white man falls out of the sky and lands on him in a busy street, dying in front of his eyes and making him a laughing stock. But as further strange incidents occur, Swami’s hometown starts to believe he is walking with God, and life becomes easier. Mike Stocks’s comic tour de force brilliantly exemplifies how sometimes in life meaningless events can produce meaningful effects. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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