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A carregar... I Have Demonspor Adam Christopher
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A jaded young priest of a dwindling parish faces a man with a terrible secret. A lonely pensioner spends a Thanksgiving she'll never forget at a local diner, served by an acerbic waitress who has finally found her ticket out of there. A recent university graduate from small-town Ontario leaves home with nothing to his name but the hope of a new life in the city and places all his trust in a charismatic yet dubious life coach. Lyrical language, at times haunting, and moments of dry humour weave through the three novellas in this collection. Set in and around Ottawa, Ontario, these stories examine the peripheries of society. In the characters' journey toward the centre, they navigate flawed human relationships, seek to encounter a divine presence that is at once implicitly present yet dreadfully distant, and struggle to negotiate the conditions of redemption. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Of the three tales, I found the first, 'An Alpine Lodge Special,' to be the weakest link as it deals too much in cliche'd plot variables - a pensioner looking to assert her independence, an unreliable child failing to visit, a waitress past her prime who suffers a breakdown. If the best tales are those that spring from life, this one seems to rely more on second-hand experience, and doesn't convince.
The titular tale is an improvement, however, and follows a priest and a troubled young man through Ottawa in Canada as they travel to bury the remains of the man's neighbour. Confusion, misdirection, and miscommunication are the order of the day here, but the characters seem more their own and are certainly more memorable.
The final story, "David and Franco," is a darkly humourous tale that pits the naive, idealistic David against the untrustworthy Franco; in attitude David reminded me of Sean Penn's character in 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon."
All in all 'I Have Demons' was a short read, but long enough to convince me that I would happily read more by the author. ( )