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A carregar... A Pagan Placepor Edna O'Brien
   Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  Roisin800. | Sep 1, 2021 |   In my opinion, there are many writers who succeeded in bringing the social and political issues in Ireland during the 30s and the 40s through interesting plots, memorable characters, and careful choices. This book only gave me melodramatic situations with a strange focus on sex, crudely done, mundane storylines and there was an utter lack of any kind of characters that would resonate with me. Plus, the absence of direct dialogue didn't really help... I will give O'Brien another chance by reading ''The Little Red Chairs'' but given the subject matter, my expectations are infinitely lower. I don't think she has the chops to do it justice... (  ) AmaliaGavea | Feb 7, 2019 | Albertos | Sep 23, 2017 |  ) CarolKub | Jun 21, 2010 | Once I get over the fact that this reads unlike a normal a novel with its clear plot and obvious arc, but as an almost poeticly observed stream of consciousness, I settle into the sheer pleasure of it. The first 80-some pp are a child's eye view of life in Ireland in the 60s (50s?). Brings [Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] to mind in some ways. The child looks around herself at what others are doing, at the small details of life and landscape, and as she grows this continues. Also as she grows, life gets more complicated. There is much truth, much beauty, and much sorrow in this novel, all given the same weight in the telling. A wonderful book. (  ) thesmellofbooks | Oct 30, 2009 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
A PAGAN PLACE is Edna O'Brien's true novel of Ireland. Here she returns to that uniquely wonderful, terrible, peculiar place she once called home and writes not only of a life there--of the child becoming a woman--but of the Irish experience out of which that life arises--perhaps more pointedly than in any of her other works. This is the Ireland of country villages and barley fields, of druids in the woods, of unknown babies in the womb, of mischievous girls and Tans with guns. Ireland has marked Edna O'Brien's life and work with unmistakable color and depth, and here she recreates her homeland with a singular grace and intensity.Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — A carregar...GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (3.56)
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This book is raw. Strange and lovely - memories of a warped innocence, full of love & hurt. The 2nd person narration gets mixed reviews but I felt it only added to the haste & flow of childhood identity. A truly inner exploration of the character, disconcertingly honest. I got the summer sadness feeling of being out in fields of cut grass, playing until exhaustion and arriving home late to still go to bed in the light. (