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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Cleft Rock (1948)di Alice Tisdale Hobart
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I have been drinking in this book like some rareified water, back in the days when the earth was possibly less polluted, and certainly before bottled water became fashionable. I find, now and then, syntax and metaphors that are positively cliched, then have to realize, this book is old enough that, when the author wrote it, such prose might have been original. I find The Cleft Rock to be a wholly civil expository, true to exquisitely correct English, and a great exercise in the omniscient voice. What strikes me most is how truly this story addresses current social mores and political divides. The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. I have not finished reading it yet; almost done. I found myself frustrated by the son Peter's struggles; enraged by the patriarch Jeremy and the passive Edward, and stunned by the impact a waving ideological fist can have upon the face of human frailties. I do not even remember how I came to possess this book. I think I bought it at an estate sale. I hope more of you read it, and think about it every time you turn on your faucet for a glass of water! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This book interested me very much. For one thing it pointed out that you should not judge a book by its cover. To me, it looked thoroughly uninteresting, like something the Bible Society might publish. But no sooner had I opened the first page than I fell in love with it. It was not a "pretty story" and it did not even end happily but its conflicts and plot really told it like it is. The characters were so gullible and human I really felt that no way could they be any more realistic.
The characters left a profound impression on me, especially Edward Dodd. To think that an intelligent man like him could be so expertly manipulated really set me to thinking. I mean, if he could be, so could I and thousands of other people. I began to wonder if maybe all the world wasn't handled by just a few men. It is a scary thought.
I wrote this review on November 15 1969 when I was 16 years old. Despite my statement that the characters left a profound impression on me I do not remember this book at all. So my impressions are those of a teenager, not an adult but the idea of many being manipulated by just a few has certainly come to pass. ( )