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A carregar... Manila Noirpor Jessica Hagedorn (Editor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Esta crÃtica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros CrÃticos do LibraryThing. A fantastic collection of gritty, noir stories from a variety of authors. Dark, twisted, these stories look at the high and low life of Manila. Before this book, I was not familiar with the city of Manila, but after reading these stories, it seems like a familiar place. I'm hoping to read the collections from other cities. ( )Esta crÃtica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros CrÃticos do LibraryThing. Every once in a while, I try out a book of short stories, hoping that I will see what those who really enjoy this format do. I was particularly hopeful about this one because I am fond of Manila. Unfortunately, I found the stories generally forgettable, and because they were all "noir," the telling seemed rather one-note with a lack of any nuance. The two authors that I enjoyed the most from this collection were Rosario Cruz-Lucero and Sabina Murray. I would be interested in reading their novel-length titles. All in all, Manila Noir is an average collection. Esta crÃtica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros CrÃticos do LibraryThing. I don’t read a lot of short stories. I usually go for the meatier fare of a novel. But a good short story can be like a good chocolate – a lot of excellent flavor packed into a small bite. The stories in Manila Noir are more savory treats. Best read one or two at a time. They explore the shadowy side of a difficult society. More descriptive of a country I’ve never seen than any travel guide. After the first story, Lysley Tenorio’s Aviary, I put the book aside for a few days just to come back and appreciate it over again. The authors – Tenorio, Jessica Hagedorn, Sabina Murray, Jonas Vitman, Gina Apostol, among others – are not familiar to me but I look forward to exploring their talents further. Esta crÃtica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros CrÃticos do LibraryThing. Noir is defined as "Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings; Suggestive of danger or violence." Well, these are that. Not so much bleak as bland, however, and in my opinion classing them as "noir" elevates them to a plane they do not deserve to occupy. For the most part, I found these stories uninspired, pointless and instantly forgettable. With a few exceptions, they suffer from a lack of contrast or subtlety. The evil and violence exist in a world without the hint of an alternative, and therefore lose their impact. The collection does include one graphic piece, a horror komic, featuring Alexandra Trese, a character from a popular Phillipine detective series, which may be brilliant for all I know. I am not a visual reader, and graphic fiction leaves me cold. The editor says in her introduction that "All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here have a deep connection and abiding love for this crazy-making, intoxicating city. There's nothing like it in the world, and they know it." Unfortunately, for this reader who has no other experience of Manila, they have failed to convey any unique atmosphere or sense of place. Esta crÃtica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros CrÃticos do LibraryThing. I got this as part of LT giveaway. This was my second experience with the X Noir series. As is normal with such collections, this is a mixed bag. There are some good ones as well as some average fair. However, I will rate the overall collection as above average.Just a word of caution - considering the theme of these stories, sometimes reading a few in a row do get a little depressing. They require you to step away to catch your breath (aka read lighter fair) before getting back into it. sem crÃticas | adicionar uma crÃtica
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-- Glamour For the perfect definition of noir, look no further than Manila. The city itself is like a femme fatale: sexy, complicated, and betrayed. From its fraught colonial history to its present-day incarnation of a teeming metropolis, it is a city of extremes: posh hotels and slums, religious zeal and superstitions, corrupt cops and heroic citizens. Capturing the essence of Manila, one of the wildest cities on the planet, this collection of noir includes stories by Lourd de Veyra, Gina Apostol, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, F.H. Batacan, Jose Dalisay, Eric Gamalinda, Jessica Hagedorn, Angelo R. Lacuesta, R. Zamora Linmark, Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Sabina Murray, Jonas Vitman, Marianne Villanueva, and Lysley Tenorio. “Manila practically defines (noir), as shown by the 14 selections in this excellent anthology . . . The Filipino take on noir includes a liberal dose of the gothic and supernatural, with disappearance and loss being constants.” — -- Manila Noir “A collection of stories like Akashic’s forthcoming Manila Noir is enough to set a crime-fiction addict’s mouth watering.” —The New York Observer. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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