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Lädt ... Distant Voices (1997. Auflage)von Barbara Erskine
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Oh Dear this was bad! I stuck it out for as long as I could, but I got to the stage where if I had to listen to one more story with a woman unable to function without a man in her life I was going to scream. Individually, each story was OK, there were some inventive ideas in here. But cumulatively the effect was entirely depressing. It is a bit like trying to eat an entire packet of marshmallows. One or two are OK, but after a while you start to feel a little bit ick. Don't bother yourselves with this one. I made it through ~ 3/4 before deciding to quit before I lost the will to live. A long time since I originally read this book, but picked it up over the weekend and enjoyed re-reading it. It has been a sufficiently long time that I came to the book with fresh eyes. A collection of short stories, the writing is distinctly Erskine in style - enjoyed all the little plot twists and supernatural elements which popped up. A good book to dip in and out of. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past drawing her towards the truth... A nineteenth century parson's daughter is caught up in the excitement and romance of a smuggling intrigue... A young boy from a deprived background finds his own haven in the wastelands of the inner city... Contemporary, historical, spooky, and humorous - there are over thirty delightful stories, each one guaranteed to capture the reader's imagination, and all demonstrating Barbara Erskine's unique powers as a storyteller. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The quality of the stories in this collection are very uneven. Some seem unfinished such as the title story which sets up a situation but doesn't really deliver anything other than the usual haunted house cliches. I thought the better stories were those which did not deal with relationships between women and men but instead were told from a child's viewpoint, such as the little girl who is scared of a vicious cat that is a suitcase by day and lives on top of her wardrobe, or dealt with a young person setting out in life, such as the girl who is about to go for a music "interview" for a position of organist at a church. Those stories brought up the book's rating for me, so that it balanced out at a 3-star rating. ( )