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Sto caricando le informazioni... Gem Squash Tokoloshe (2005)di Rachel Zadok
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The first part of this - the story of Faith's childhood with her depressed and delusional mother - is nothing short of mesmerizing. The stories her mother tells her of the fairies and the other supernatural beings that surrounding their house are scary and intriguing and you can really emphasize with how this lonely little girl is affected by her surroundings. The second part lets this novel down something terribly, however. Gone is the magic of the fairies and the horrors of the Tokoloshe, and Faith turns into an indolent version of her mother. Although she does get redemption, I would have wanted it to come from herself, not through an external force. Unfortunately, what started with a bang ended with a whimper. It's a first novel, though, and Zadok is showing enough potential that I would pick up another of her books. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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In una terra arida e senza piogge (siamo in Sudafrica in pieno apartheid) una bambina di sette anni vive sola con la madre, in una fattoria isolata da tutto e da tutti, ad attendere con ansia le visite paterne nei fine settimana. L'unica sua compagnia è il cane Boesman, e i demoni che la madre Bella ritrae nei suoi quadri e con cui parla durante le sue passeggiate nel frutteto. Faith, come tutti i bambini, capisce senza capire, assorbe gli inspiegabili e dolorosi avvenimenti che costellano la sua infanzia collocandoli in una logica tutta sua. Quindici anni dopo Faith tornerà in quella casa, per affrontare finalmente quelle ombre, per poter capire, da adulta, che cos'accadde veramente quella notte. Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The back cover promised a forward-leap in time during the story and I found myself desperate for it to happen, in the hope that the presumably-unreliable narrator would become a bit more reliable with age. Unfortunately not - you have to wait for the very very end to be filled in on what actually happened. If asked to make a guess at the halfway stage, I would have guessed right, but I was glad to find that when it was all wrapped up I understood what the book had sought to convey - even going back and re-reading (and understanding) the weird first bit. Having feared that I would struggle through and still be none the wiser I was grateful for that much.
Maybe it's the state of affairs that has the white characters moaning about their miserable lives in a country where they have appropriated all the advantages that makes me dislike this sort of book, but anyway, just not my cup of tea. ( )