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Sto caricando le informazioni... Dog Islanddi Philippe Claudel
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Found in the mystery section of the library, and while not strictly a mystery there are elements of one. The prose is amazing, it wraps around you like a warm, suffocating heat. You can smell and hear and feel everything in this story. ( ) The publisher's blurb sets us up thinking that this is an ordinary story. It is not. It is an allegory in which the island is a microcosm of group isolation and the (basically) kharmic debt we must all pay for out Not In My Back Yard actions. The volcano with it's presence and growing stench are the indicators. Or maybe it's the *Superintendent* with his attitude that "everybody lies and life is a farce*. If you're looking for a little escapist reading, this isn't it. But if you want to be real, it is. I appreciated it very much. I requested and received a free ebook copy (translated to English from the French by Euan Cameron) from Little, Brown and Company via NetGalley. Thank you. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"The Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea. One of the only inhabited islands (the one that takes the place of one of the dog's teeth) is dominated by a gently smoking volcano, fringed by black volcanic beaches and under the iron rule of the heads of community who are loath to let any outside influence disrupt the quiet way of life on the island. Then one morning, an old woman comes across three bodies that have washed up with the tide: three young black men, who have apparently drowned in their attempt to cross the sea. The initial reaction of the island community is that this tragedy must be covered up, lest any association with the drownings damages the island's tourism industry ... But the island's deliberate isolation from the realities of the world cannot last for long, and when a visiting detective arrives on the island and starts asking awkward questions, it becomes clear that the deaths of these three men indicate something far more sinister and deeply rotten lying at the heart of this godforsaken fragment of sea-bound land"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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