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A carregar... Ancestral Voices (1986)por Etienne Van Heerden
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A child has died under mysterious circumstances on a rural Afrikans farm inhabited by two branches of the same family, the "legitimate" branch and the "dark" branch. A lonely magistrate is dispatched to investigate and rule on the death. He interviews various family members, each of whom relates his or her version of the facts. Secrets and unresolved issues from the past are exposed. There is even a little magical realism, as some of the narrators are ancestors long deceased. (However, I don't think the magical realism aspect of the book is prominent enough to discourage those who don't care for the genre to decline to read this book. Highly recommended. 4 stars De 'Toorberg', meermaals vergeleken met '100 jaar eenzaamheid' vanwege het mythiese karakter, een een meesterlijke familiekroniek over een goed bewaard, tragies geheim. Het geeft een adembenemend beeld van het barre bestaan in de Suid-Afrikaanse Oostkaap. Er is de blanke familie Moolman (StamAbel, OuAbel, Abel, Dwarsabel..) en de verwante kleurlingentak Riet. De trots van de Abels sluit hen op in eigen cocon, snijdt alle niet perfecte familietakken af. Dat en de weg die ieder lid gaat, zorgt voor ondergang, belichaamd in de dood van Druppeltje. Magisch-realistische elementen maken het tot een rijk verhaal van de hele Abelfamilie. De doden kijken vanop de zijlijn toe, geven hun visie. En het landschap, de dreigende droogte dragen het verhaal. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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In the wild night hours, or during the heat of the day - whenever man's thoughts whirl feverishly - then truth and fantasy, the past and the future, life and death are indiscriminately mingled on Toorberg, home of the Moolman family. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I liked the way the past generations were present in the story by way of their spirits. Each of them in turn was present at the site of the young boy's death and in showing up, lets us in on some of his history. As we learn what happened that day, the event is put into the context of the family history. ( )