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Lädt ... Black Sun (1971)von Edward Abbey
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Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() ![]() Will Gatlin has withdrawn from the world and become a firespotter in an isolated camp on the Grand Canyon when he meets a much younger woman, has an affair with her, and--sigh!--begins to live again. Before I get into the story, I will say that Abbey's descriptions of the natural world in this short book are wonderful. He never names the setting, but I was able to recognize the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, a fascinating and beautiful place, based solely on his descriptions. Still, this is a cringe-worthy and dated story about an older man--an older, hairy, and unshowered man, to boot--initiating a much younger woman into the ways of physical love. I mean, bleargh. The poor girl is so naive that not only is she a virgin, she doesn't even know the names for things. Gatlin has to teach her everything, and she proves to be a willing student, ready to try almost anything anywhere. Also, pages are spent on her physical attributes--her breasts, in particular--and her cute way of dressing, not at all appropriate for camping in the wilderness but conveniently perfect for getting an old man's goat up. If all that weren't enough, Gatlin's friend--who has no reason for being in the book, as far as I can tell--periodically writes him long, sexist letters about his affairs, his wives constantly leaving him (for obvious reasons), and his perverse fantasies regarding college girls and free love. I'm thankful to be several decades removed from this time. Also, if this book weren't so short and the natural descriptions weren't so lovely, I doubt I would have finished it. Toward the end, the girl seems to get a bit fed up with Gatlin's relationship style and goes off for a few days to think things over. She never returns. Of course, this is such a tragedy for Gatlin, who was just starting to rejoin the world, and now this happens to him. He assumes that the girl has hiked down into the canyon and met with an accident. I like to think that she decided she could do much better, drove to San Francisco, opened a vegetarian restaurant, and settled into a fulfilling lesbian relationship. Hmm, maybe I should write the sequel. I originally bought this book based solely on the gorgeous cover in this reissued edition. This was the first book by Abbey I have read, and I suspect it will be the last. Friends of Abbey have said that this was his favorite book. I can see why he may have felt that way, although I think I'm still partial to The Fool's Progress. This novel feels very personal, and it craftily eludes easy categorization. On the surface one could say it's a love story, although one that only Abbey could write. The book is compact and the plot economical, and yet Abbey's spare writing here is still so rich with meaning. Like so much of his work (if not all of it), place takes on the role of a major character. It may even loom in importance above others of the few characters found walking through these pages. And for Abbey fans, that has come to be expected. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Now in a Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, the timeless novel that chronicles a reckless romance in the wilderness, from Edward Abbey, one of America’s foremost defenders of the natural environment. Black Sun is a bittersweet love story involving an iconoclastic forest ranger and a freckle-faced “American princess” half his age. Like Lady Chatterley’s lover, he initiates her into the rites of sex and the stark, secret harmonies of his wilderness kingdom. She, in turn, awakens in him the pleasure of love. Then she mysteriously disappears, plunging him into desolation. Black Sun is a singular novel in Abbey’s repertoire, a romantic story of a solitary man’s passion for the outdoors and for a woman who is his wilderness muse. “Like most honest novels, Black Sun is partly autobiographical, mostly invention, and entirely true. The voice that speaks in this book is the passionate voice of the forest,” Abbey writes, “the madness of desire, and the joy of love, and the anguish of final loss.” Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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