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Lädt ... The Boy Behind the Curtainvon Tim Winton
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Wonderful series of essays about growing up, and living, in Western Australia. It covers the everyday experiences we can at some level relate to including family, school, education, religion, travel, career - and makes the ordinary important. So many moments stay with me, his encounter with the shark, the much hated family car, dipping his feet in the water at the NGV. What will also stay with me are his compassion, and deep reflections on the environment. ( ) A memoir of his life in essay like episodes, revealing acute observations, personal development, thoughts and phobias. He often used engaging lyrical phrasing, describing the landscape, encapsulating precice meaning, or vividly revealing his thoughts. Eg ‘the littoral field of gooseflesh the pebbles become on the long decline’ p55. ‘Peter is a man of antic impulses and infectious energy . He's a maker of friends, a midwife to the friendships of others.’ P184 It stirred up my childhood memories, of moving to new towns, gun play, rabbit shooting, shyness. It made me think, ponder, the need to open our eyes to see and the benefit of idle time. I enjoyed hearing of his strong love of nature and environment. It was interesting learning of his fear of hospitals. His experience of Australia’s class boundaries was well related. An enjoyable read of discovery. Interesting perspective on this author's life. I found the sections disjointed and now understand why as most of them have previously been published in different books, newpapers and articles, so they don't really hang together. However I am a little better informed on events in Australia in recent times. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In Tim Winton's fiction, chaos waits in the wings and ordinary people are ambushed by events and emotions beyond their control.Winton's own life has also been shaped by havoc. The extraordinarily powerful true stories that make up The Boy Behind the Curtain take us behind the scenes, revealing the accidents, both serendipitous and traumatic, that have influenced his view of life and fuelled his distinctive artistic vision.They show the unexpected links between car crashes and religious faith, between surfing and writing, and how going to the wrong movie at the age of eight opened him up to a life of the imagination. And in writing about class, fundamentalism, asylum seekers, guns and the natural world, he presents not only the concerns that have made him the much-loved writer he is, but some of what unites the life and the work.By turns impassioned, funny, joyous, astonishing, this is Winton's most personal book to date, an insight into the man who's held us enthralled for three decades and helped us reshape our view of ourselves. Behind it all, from risk-taking youth to surprise-averse middle age, has been the crazy punt of staking everything on becoming a writer. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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