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Lädt ... The Quickening (Original 2010; 2010. Auflage)von Michelle Hoover
Werk-InformationenThe Quickening von Michelle Hoover (2010)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Quick read. Beautifully written book, very much character driven, quiet drama, disturbing truths, haunting. ( ) Lyrical prose, superb description, dialogue that rings true. Akin to The Color Purple but without the gratifying ending. Should have left off the last chapter, because the penultimate is raw and edgy and deep, and the last is a poor attempt at a salve. Worth reading for a gritty transport to the era, and for a lesson in writing tight, effective prose. If any writer could ever convince you that life on a farm is completely, impossibly difficult, in ANY era, it's Michelle Hoover, the granddaughter of four farm families. This solid novel centers on two neighbor women: Eddie, strong as a man, and Mary, devious and discontent. Their lives weave disturbing patterns around each other and their growing families, town, and church. They are dependent and resentful of each other and envious of each other's lives and circumstances. However, there is also love and attachment and respect, and the contradictory feelings lead to a great deal of trouble and to bad, bad outcomes. The story is told in alternating chapters in the women's voices. It is refreshing to have rural lives told solely by women. Husbands and sons are present but their thoughts are hidden from the tale. There is also a mystical air of "unknown knowns" that leaves the reader very satisfied at the end. I would compare Hoover to Jane Smiley, Conrad Richter, and Timothy Egan as fine storytellers of this most difficult of American lives.
Starred Review "In this finely wrought and starkly atmospheric narrative, Hoover's characters carry deep secrets, and their emotions are as intense as the acts of nature that shape their world." “A vivid, pastoral panorama …imbued throughout with a careful and evenly wrought lyricism.” AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige Auswahlen
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HTML:Enidina Current and Mary Morrow live on neighboring farms in the flat, hard country of the upper Midwest during the early 1900s. This hardscrabble life comes easily to some, like Eddie, who has never wanted more than the land she works and the animals she raises on it with her husband, Frank. But for the deeply religious Mary, farming is an awkward living and at odds with her more cosmopolitan inclinations. Still, Mary creates a clean and orderly home life for her stormy husband, Jack, and her sons, while she adapts to the isolation of a rural town through the inspiration of a local preacher. She is the first to befriend Eddie in a relationship that will prove as rugged as the ground they walk on. Despite having little in common, Eddie and Mary need one another for survival and companionship. But as the Great Depression threatens, the delicate balance of their reliance on one another tips, pitting neighbor against neighbor, exposing the dark secrets they hide from one another, and triggering a series of disquieting events that threaten to unravel not only their friendship but their families as well. In this luminous and unforgettable debut, Michelle Hoover explores the polarization of the human soul in times of hardship and the instinctual drive for self-preservation by whatever means necessary. The Quickening stands as a novel of lyrical precision and historical consequence, reflecting the resilience and sacrifices required even now in our modern troubled times. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorMichelle Hoovers Buch The Quickening wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Autoren-ChatMichelle Hoover hat mit LibraryThing-Mitgliedern von Jul 19, 2010 bis Jul 26, 2010 gechattet. Lies den Chat hier nach. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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