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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Strays (2014)di Emily Bitto
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Set in Melbourne, Australia during the 1930's and 40's art scene. I loved this book. The characters were well defined and I felt a connection to all of them. ( ) When Lily receives an invitation to an art exhibition she is undecided whether she wants to attend. She hasn't heard from her old school friend, Eve, for decades and is unsure whether to rekindle the friendship. Her mind drifts back to their first meeting, and so the story begins. Lily is an only child of conservative parents. Eve by comparison is the middle child of her bohemian artistic parents. When Lily is invited to stay on a Friday night, her parents are happy she has made a new friend. This soon becomes a weekly event and Lily is absorbed into the carefree lifestyle, where Lily and her two sisters are allowed and encouraged to look after themselves. Lily's father suffers a work accident and Lily moves in with the family foe an extended period. The writer conveys how infatuated and impressed Lily is with the freedoms allowed and the changing dynamics in the Trentham family as other artists are invited to become part of the communal lifestyle. There is an underlying tension to suggest that all will not end well with four young women exposed to this socially unconventional way of living. I loved this book, the lyrical writing and depiction of societal differences of the 1930's and the evolving art scene. Beautifully poetic! I was completely immersed in this story, often finding myself daydreaming of the characters and the happenings within. I will definitely read it again sometime. "There is no intimacy as great as that between young girls. Even between lovers, who cross boundaries we are accustomed to thinking of as at the furthest territories of closeness, there is a constant awareness of separateness, the wonder at the fact that the loved one is distant, whole, with a past and a mind housed behind the eyes we gaze into that exist, inviolate, without us." This was a stunner of a novel. Bitto perfectly captured, through gorgeous language, the languid beauty of childhood, where wonder can be found around every corner. Her fuzzy use of narrative details at times felt frustrating, but also stayed incredibly true to the experience of a child recounting a story that she doesn't fully understand. This will absolutely be one of the best I read this year. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. He and his wife are trying to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia by inviting other like-minded artists to live and work at their family home. Lily becomes infatuated with this wild, makeshift family and longs to truly be part of it. As the years pass, Lily observes the way the lives of these artists come to reflect the same themes as their art: Faustian bargains and spectacular falls from grace. Yet it's not Evan, but his daughters, who pay the price for his radicalism. An engrossing story of ambitions, sacrifice, and compromised loyalties. -- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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