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Lädt ... In meinem Himmel (2002)von Alice Sebold
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Narrated by a very intelligent fourteen-year-old, Susie Salmon, this story opens with her violent death in a cornfield at the hands of a quietly deranged man, George Harvey. She narrates the story from heaven, a place that continually changes as she matures and watches her family's struggles and accomplishments on earth. Reeling from the grisly crime and not having closure to their daughter's death, Susie's parents have a difficult time coming to terms with this situation, and as a result, their marriage and relationships with their other two children suffer. This story is compassionately told, and the reader quickly feels close to Susie and her family. All of the characters in this small town are interesting and add their own flavor to this intriguing story. Although there's a sad undertone throughout, there are also hints of humor, hope, and love. At times, this was a difficult book to stomach, because of the gruesome nature of George Harvey's life. But overall, it was an excellent book with memorable characters and a masterful plot. It's a quick, mesmerizing read, that leaves you wanting to learn more about Susie's life in her heaven--a mysterious and very interesting place. I'd recommend this book for its unique perspective and its honest look at the effect death has on the people a deceased person leaves behind on earth.
Sebold's compelling and sometimes poetic prose style and unsparing vision transform Susie's tragedy into an ultimately rewarding novel. Although some sections tend toward melodrama... other passages are dreamy and lyrical. Most striking is Sebold's mastery of a teenager's voice, from such small details as Susie's Strawberry-Banana Kissing Potion to her completely believable thought processes. An extraordinary, almost-successful debut that treats sensational material with literary grace, narrated from heaven by the victim of a serial killer and pedophile. Don't start "Lovely Bones" unless you can finish it. The book begins with more horror than you could imagine, but closes with more beauty than you could hope for. Sebold takes an enormous risk in her wonderfully strange début novel: her narrator, Susie Salmon, is dead—murdered at the age of fourteen by a disturbed neighbor—and speaks from the vantage of Heaven. Such is the author's skill that from the first page this premise seems utterly believable... If in the end she reaches too far, the book remains a stunning achievement. Gehört zu VerlagsreihenIst enthalten inBearbeitet/umgesetzt inHat ein Nachschlage- oder BegleitwerkHat als Erläuterung für Schüler oder StudentenAuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenGood Morning America Book Club (2002-08 – 2002) Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (11 – 2008) Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (10 – 2010) Bemerkenswerte ListenPajiba's Best Books of the Generation (No 14 – 2007)
Auf dem Nachhauseweg wird die 14-jh̃rige Sch lerin Susie Salmon im Dezember 1973 vergewaltigt und ermordet - von einem Nachbarn. Aus der Perspektive des gett̲eten und aus dem Himmel herab beobachtenden Md̃chens erzh̃lt der Roman, wie Susies Familie aber auch der Tt̃er oder der ermittelnde Kommissar versuchen, mit dem Geschehen fertig zu werden. - Ẽin kluges Buch ber Verlust, Neuanfang, Liebe und Tod ̃(FAZ).Susie Salmon ist ein ganz normaler Teenager in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt - bis zu jenem Tag, an dem sie von einem Nachbarn vergewaltigt und ermordet wird. Doch Susie existiert weiter. Von ĩhrem Himmel ̃aus beobachtet sie, wie ihre Freunde und ihre Familie diesen Verlust verarbeiten.. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden.
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It's a story where love and presence are the binding forces in a world where absence is manifestly present. Where people and ordinary things, even suburban lives, can vanish in literal or metaphorical sinkholes. Where relationships matter
The more I reflect on this book, the more intricately constructed it becomes. Some writers don’t know how to end a book Alice Sebold does: powerful yet understated. A masterpiece! ( )