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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Bitter Glass (1958)di Eilís Dillon
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. It took me quite a while to finally get to reeading this book. Now that I did, I must say that I find this an impressive book. I learnt quite a bit about Irish history and liked the way the story was written. It was, subject-like, a bit like other books about a family living through difficult times. What made this one different for me, was the form of writing. Quite matter of fact like, not too emotional, quite from a distance, but in such a way, that the characters seemed the closer. Eudora Welty said of Eliis Dillon's "The Bitter Glass," "An excellent piece of work to me, full of reality, full of poetry, written with a very sure and sensitive hand, I was completely won over by it." I personally don't see how...I found this book to be pretty awful. "The Bitter Glass" is the story of a group of young Irish adults who are traveling to the country to for a summer holiday. Their parents are to follow on a later train, but the bridges are blown up by an IRA column so they are left on their own with two sick babies to care for. I didn't think the characters were very well drawn-- I kept forgetting who was who and wondering why I was supposed to care about them. This is a short novel but it took forever to read... I just found the whole thing rather boring. It didn't provide much insight into "the troubles" or provide a compelling story of a family to follow. I'm honestly not sure what makes this one of the "1001 Books to Read Before You Die." nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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I enjoyed this book- characters were polarized, and it was easy to find things about them to like or dislike. Descriptions were lifelike, and the plot moved well. There was enough history for my curiosity to be piqued, and now I'd like to learn more about this time in Ireland's history.
My reading experience was enhanced by Irish music- from traditional and Celtic Woman to Van Morrison, U2, Mumford and Sons, and to pub rockers like Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. ( )