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Lädt ... Homer & Langley, A Novel (Cornell University Edition) (Original 2009; 2010. Auflage)von E. L. Doctorow (Autor)
Werk-InformationenHomer & Langley: Roman von E. L. Doctorow (2009)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A sensitive fictional treatment of the NYC 1920s "hoarders" Homer & Langley Collyer. The author attempts to get inside their heads and explain their curious lifestyle. Since it is a novel, Doctorow took liberty with some of the facts, including the timeline. A gripping look at dysfunctional family. ( ) After reading up a bit on the Collyer brothers, I changed my assessment of this novel. I don't take issue with the liberties of timeline and birth order, but I don't understand why Doctorow did it. Sure, the journey through the 50s-70s was interesting and the Collier brothers would no doubt have been an interesting lens for such times, but why make Homer the pianist and the younger brother? Admittedly, I knew little about the Collyer brothers before reading the novel and I think that added to my enjoyment. What struck me is that it is a story about stories in some sense. For much of the world, there were mysteries behind those doors of that brownstone that were sensationalized, yet fantastically truthful. What Doctorow does, however, is digs through the labels of "disorders" and reveals a relationship between two people. Two secluded brothers in history are perfect fodder for fictionalization and maybe that is their legacy--to generate stories. There's a safety in fiction, especially now that they are gone. But Doctorow asks us--with this story--to look beyond all in our present that is eccentric and "unknown" to find the touchstones. Maybe I'm giving him more credit than I should, but that was my takeaway from the book. Ispirata a un famoso fatto di cronaca della New York del primo Novecento, la storia dei fratelli Homer e Langley Collyer assume nella rivisitazione di Doctorow, maestro nell'amalgamare avvenimenti reali con episodi romanzati, i contorni del mito. Homer, il fratello cieco, e Langley, tornato semifolle dalla Grande Guerra, sono due rampolli di una famiglia benestante che nel corso dei decenni trasformeranno il loro palazzo in un delirante ricettacolo di ciarpame, dove vivranno come reclusi fino a rimanere sepolti sotto le tonnellate di spazzatura da loro stessi accumulata. Questi personaggi tragici ed emblematici, che hanno perfino dato il nome alla cosiddetta "sindrome di Collyer", diventano la metafora di un mondo e lo specchio di un lungo periodo della storia americana. Homer e Langley, benché rinchiusi nella loro folle utopia, saranno infatti testimoni di tutti gli avvenimenti fondamentali di quegli anni, dalle guerre ai movimenti politici, dal progresso tecnologico a una serie di personaggi indimenticabili, immigrati, gangster, musicisti jazz, hippy.
This is Forrest Gump by way of Ecclesiastes, a sustained lament over the futility of human endeavor. The achievement of Doctorow’s masterly, compassionate double portrait is that it succeeds for 200 pages in suspending the snigger, elevating the Collyers beyond caricature and turning them into creatures of their times instead of figures of fun. I’m not sure “Homer & Langley” will stand as one of Doctorow’s best, but the story of two brothers united by their imaginations and disabilities ends up being a poignant one – rats, cockroaches, and all – and the ending has striking power. Doctorow’s biggest weakness as a storyteller is his urge to act as a docent at the New York Historical Society. The inner life he gives to Homer is desultory – apart from a few brief love affairs, Homer’s days are marked by boredom and decline. To be additionally saddled with a grandfatherly tendency to long-windedness is a trait the novel can’t recover from. A slight, unsatisfying, Poe-like story that turns out to be a study in morbid psychology. Ist enthalten inAuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige Auswahlen
Inspiriert durch eine wahre Geschichte erzählt E. L. Doctorow von den Brüdern Homer und Langley, die ihr Haus an der New Yorker Fifth Avenue mit Objekten ihrer Sammelwut voll stellen und nach und nach ihre Verbindungen zur Aussenwelt kappen. Die jedoch klopft in Form von Besuchern immer wieder an die Haustür. Mit einem grandiosen Kunstgriff lässt Doctorow die Geschichte der ersten achtzig Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts Revue passieren: Berührend, witzig und einzig und allein aus der Perspektive der beiden exzentrischen Einsiedler
Eine unglaubliche Geschichte nach einem wahren Fall: Zwei Brüder verkriechen sich in ihrer Wohnung, der Ältere schleppt alle möglichen Dinge an, müllt die Wohnung zu. Am Ende steht sogar ein Ford T Modell im Wohnzimmer. Dann stirbt er und der Jüngere bleibt unversorgt zurück. Eine Jahrhundertgeschichte aus der Messi-Perspektive. (Gabriele Oberhauser-Gutheil)
Nach der wahren Geschichte eines Bruderpaares, das zunehmend abgeschottet von der Öffentlichkeit, der persönlichen Katastrophe zutreibt. Einer der beiden ist blind, der andere verrückt. (Gabriele Oberhauser-Gutheil) Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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