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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Beguilingdi Zsuzsi Gartner
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"An electrifying debut from the Giller Prize-nominated author of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives that takes readers for a wild ride with urban-gothic flair and delectably wicked humour. Lucy is a lapsed-Catholic whose adolescent pretentions to sainthood are unexpectedly revived. It all starts when her cousin Zoltan, in hospital following a bizarre incident at a party, offers her a disturbing deathbed confession. Lucy's grief takes an unusual turn: Zoltan's death appears to have turned her into a magnet for the unshriven. Lucy is transformed into a self-described "flesh-and-blood Wailing Wall" as strangers unburden themselves to her. She becomes addicted to the dark stories, finds herself jonesing for hit after hit. As the confessions pile up, Lucy begins to wonder if Zoltan's death was as random and unscripted as it appeared. She clutches at alarming synchronicities, seeks meaning in the stories of strangers. Why do the stories seem connected to each other or eerily echo elements of her life? Could it be because Lucy has her own transgressions to acknowledge? And then there is that stubbornly resurfacing past, like a tell-tale ribbon of hair snagged on a fish hook. With ruthless wit and dizzying energy, The Beguiling explores blessings and curses, sainthood and sin, mortality and guilt in all its guises. Weaving together tales of errant mothers, vengeful plants, canine wisdom, and murder, it lays bare the flesh and blood sacrifices people are willing to make to get what they think they desire."-- 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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i really loved this at the beginning. at some point (maybe around 70% of the way in or so) it seemed to start to get too long, like it was overdone. the last couple of confessions i wasn't so interested in and i found that i was no longer listening quite as rapturously. which, for this book, meant that i didn't quite pick up on everything she was laying down, because i found i had to listen very carefully to everything with her style of writing and all of her literary and historical references that were all over the place, as well as the referring she was doing back to the earlier pages in this book itself. it's not a long book, but it still felt too long for what she was doing. but! man what a ride. this isn't something i'd normally think that i'd like, and maybe by the end i didn't like it all that much, but i can't get away from how amazing her writing is. it's all over the place but contained and just so exciting. she is so talented. i loved the writing here even as i end up not sure at all what i think of the book itself. ( )