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Lädt ... Atlanta Noirvon Tayari Jones (Herausgeber)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. As with all of the Noir series, there is inconsistency in the quality of the writing and familiarity with the location certainly adds to the appeal. However, several of the entries here stand well on their own. The imaging of the very first entry is particularly chilling and will stay with you long after reading.Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Very good mix of short stories. Some were creepy, others were sad, some made you think and others mad me mad. I think the one with the ex-con trying to make a new life for himself was one of my favorite in the book. Lots of good stories, and unfortunately, many of them have real life counter parts that are probably very close to the truth. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Always some dark, dark stories ("noir" should be a tip off). But always a lot of stories well-worth the read. I think the Akashic Noir series has a lot higher percentage of hits in each anthology than nearly any other collection I've read. When I consider this is my fourth book from the series and I can say the same about it after reading somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 stories, that's amazing. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Atlanta Noir is a collection of short stories of the noir genre, set within the various neighborhoods of Atlanta. There are fourteen stories in the collection and nearly every one is compelling, in the sense that once you begin reading the story you want to go all the way to the end. Are any of them predictable, in the way the outcome of the story seems patently obvious within the opening paragraphs? I thought so, once, and was wrong! keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Atlanta itself is a crime scene. After all, Georgia was founded as a de facto penal colony and in 1864, Sherman burned the city to the ground. We might argue about whether the arson was the crime or the response to the crime, but this is indisputable: Atlanta is a city sewn from the ashes and everything that grows here is at once fertilized and corrupted by the past . . . These stories do not necessarily conform to the traditional expectations of noir . . . However, they all share the quality of exposing the rot underneath the scent of magnolia and pine. Noir, in my opinion, is more a question of tone than content. The moral universe of the story is as significant as the physical space. Noir is a realm where the good guys seldom win; perhaps they hardly exist at all. Few bad deeds go unrewarded, and good intentions are not the road to hell, but are hell itself . . . Welcome to Atlanta Noir. Come sit on the veranda, or the terrace of a high-rise condo. Pour yourself a glass of sweet tea, and fortify it with a slug of bourbon. Put your feet up. Enjoy these stories, and watch your back. Contains mature themes. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorTayari Joness Buch Atlanta Noir wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
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