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Lädt ... Pearl (2005)von Mary Gordon
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I'm Pearl-ruling Pearl. I don't care for the style, or the patronising, self-important authorial tone in the guise of an omniscient narrator who makes a point of deciding when to tell us what. Any desire I may have had to understand why a young American woman would chain herself to an embassy fence in Ireland, determined to die like Bobby Sands, to "bear witness" to something, has preceded her in death. (If she's actually going to die, which I doubt.) I think there's an excellent story in there somewhere, but Gish Jen, Maxine Hong Kingston and Margaret Drabble to the contrary notwithstanding, I have yet to see a glimpse of the compassion, suspense or lyrical intensity they're on about; Gordon's habit of speaking directly to the reader, as if we're likely to miss the point but she's going to make it clear, makes me twitch; and I just don't have the patience to stick with it. Perhaps it's because I was not brought up to believe that voluntary suffering is its own reward? Many of some of the most acclaimed writers break every writing rule and god bless them because rules are just to get people started, a means of learning. So write ye merry unpublished and know that all those rules used to reject your manuscript will not matter once you reach the right audience, once you hit the right formula. For much can be forgiven if a book is good enough in the right places and Pearl was just good enough when Pearl was its actual focus. But Pearl was not focused on enough, sadly, for me to like this book very much. (A book can also be forgiven if the intelligentsia has decided that writer is a worthy writer no matter what but best not to get too bogged down in details like that.) Read the rest of the review here: http://ireadeverything.com/?p=77 "Pearl" was not a happy book, it is full of struggles...modern day struggles of religon, beliefs, politics, sacrifice, martyrdom, and family bonds, particularly mother-daughter relationships...but I loved the 3rd person omniscent narative. I feel like the narrator was part of the story, perhaps the voice of god, or someone once involved in the story but had passed like Maria's father, Pearl's father, devorah, or the boy who pearl's death will "witness". For me personally, the story highlighted my own struggles with being a mother and acceptance of my own mother. I can relate to wanting "the best" for your child, but your idea of what's best might not actually be what is best for your child. And when you are the child in question, feeling like your parent does try not understand you...This books helps me to realize it is helpful to take a step back and accept your family members for who they are. And...I am once again embarrassed of my lack of awareness of the political unrest in Ireland during my own lifetime.I loved this book, it was a more difficult read but extremely worth the time. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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On Christmas night of 1998, Maria Meyers learns that her twenty-year-old daughter, Pearl, has chained herself outside the American embassy in Dublin, where she intends to starve herself to death. Although Maria was once a student radical and still proudly lives by her beliefs, gentle, book-loving Pearl has never been interested in politics–nor in the Catholicism her mother rejected years before. What, then, is driving her to martyr herself? Shaken by this mystery, Maria and her childhood friend (and Pearl’s surrogate father), Joseph Kasperman, both rush to Pearl’s side. As Mary Gordon tells the story of the bonds among them, shetakes us deep into the labyrinths of maternal love, religious faith, and Ireland’s tragic history.Pearlis a grand and emotionally daring novel of ideas, told with the tension of a thriller. From the Trade Paperback edition. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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