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Sto caricando le informazioni... Marya (1986)di Joyce Carol Oates
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This novel follows the life of Marya Knauer, a girl who grew up in a poor dysfunctional family. At the age of eight, her father died and her mother abandoned Marya and her brothers, leaving them to be raised by an aunt and uncle who were less than thrilled to have three extra children. Since Marya is very intelligent, she is able to overcome the hardships of her early life and becomes a successful professor of English and a writer. Each chapter in the book jumps ahead a few years from the previous one and focuses on the various dysfunctional relationships Marya has with the few people she allows to become close to her: her cousin, high school friends, college friends, a graduate school professor, boyfriends/lovers, etc. Unfortunately, because Marya never experienced real love from her family as a child, as an adult, she is unable to embrace real love when it presents itself to her. I liked this book because Oates left me wanting more after every chapter. She rarely provided enough information to satisfactorily resolve the conflicts Marya faced, but this worked for the novel. I appreciate that we were only supposed to see snippets of Marya’s life, not a biography of the whole thing. I also think this lack of resolution makes the novel more realistic because not all conflicts are resolved in real life. I only gave it four stars because it didn’t totally blow me away, but I will be looking for more of Oates’s work in the future. Marya's life is described in chapters dealing with a traumatic childhood, religious observations, college experiences, a career in academia, and relationships. Throughout it all, the overwhelming feeling is one of loneliness and a life lived searching for a sense of belonging. The chapter dealing with thoughts on religion reminded me of Flannery O'Connor. The abrupt ending, although disconcerting, is probably intentional. I think this book is brilliantly written, and perhaps gives us more of an insight into JCO as a person than most of her fiction. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A deeply intimate psychological portrait of a young woman's tragic childhood, her reinvention as a successful young artist in the literary circles of 1950s New York City, and her struggle to understand and overcome the trauma of her past. Growing up in the confines of Innisfail, a bleak town in upstate New York, bright and curious Marya endures abandonment, betrayal, and loneliness. A college scholarship offers escape, taking her to New York City, where she makes a name for herself in academic and literary circles. But success cannot overcome the damage of her childhood, pain that haunts Marya's personal, professional, and romantic relationships, and has left her unmoored. Psychologically nuanced, rich in insight and emotional complexity, told with the unsettling power of Joyce Carol Oates's gothic novels, Marya: A Life is an intense look into the psyche of a young woman and an illuminating exploration of how the past reverberates throughout our lives. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Themes: defenselessness of female a child; adolescent behavior; the place of the brilliant, sensitive person in an ordinary world; the struggle with religious faith; and the politics of the academic world
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