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Lädt ... Der Tod von Sweet Mister: Roman (2001)von Daniel Woodrell
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Shug Atkins tiene trece años y vive en una casa junto a un cementerio. Su comida favorita son los huevos fritos con pan. Su padre, que quizá no lo sea, lo mira con «esa mirada suya que me amenazaba con una muerte rápida que se hace eterna»; y, aunque es obvio que lo detesta, se sirve de él para entrar en casas de médicos y enfermos y robar barbitúricos. Glenda, la madre, es una belleza que ha conocido mejores días y cuya sabiduría se concreta en consejos como «Shug, la gente que ha estado en la cárcel no puede ni ver a los chivatos». Un día irrumpe en la vida de estos tres seres un hombre amable, cortés, con un coche elegante. Despierta sueños dormidos, aviva pasiones prohibidas. This is one of the bleakest, saddest, most hopeless stories I have ever read. It tore at my heart. What amazes me the most is how well Daniel Woodrell presents the complicated dynamics between Red, Glenda and Shug and how clearly we see that the good heart in Shug is never going to be allowed to exist in this sordid world he occupies. I began to mourn him on page one. Woodrell employs exactly the right sharp, staccato, unvarnished writing style that his subject demands. He puts his words in the mouths of the characters in dialogue that rings true. I could hear the syrup in Glenda’s voice and the cruelty in Red’s. I could hear the sorrow below the surface in Shug. There are many ways to die and two of the worst are suicide and murder. Shug Akins is murdered and in response, he commits suicide. More great writing from Daniel Woodrell. I didn't like it quite as much as Winter's Bone and Tomato Red - two books that would be hard to top in any case. But the more I think about this book, the more I appreciate it. Maybe it's the lack of any truly sympathetic character that makes it a little harder to 'like', as opposed to appreciate. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him -- she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart. "This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime."-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001 Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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