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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Truth About Unicorns (1972)di Bonnie Jones Reynolds
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I'm not sure when this book entered our household library, or even who might have brought it in. It could have been either my mother or myself, both of whom have been known to partake in this type of story. I think I might have picked it up at a book fair, but, as I said, am not entirely sure. This is a story set in the 1920's and 30's about the residents of a small town in New England. Though the town is nothing at all like Peyton Place, there are, indeed, many secrets and mysteries among the inhabitants. The tale revolves primarily around two families, involves suspicion, madness, love, witchcraft, and frankly, a lot of sadness. But it is well told. I kind of wish there'd been a family tree somewhere in the book to help me keep the characters straight, because in my "drift off to sleep" mode while reading in bed, I often had to retrace my steps to recall certain passages, or pause to work out who was related to whom and exactly how. But all in all, it was an interesting story to read. Even more interesting was to learn that the author inherited and currently lives on the farm featured in the story, and runs an unusual animal sanctuary, called Spring Farm Cares: http://www.springfarmcares.org/ She was also married to Gene Reynolds, the producer of the MASH tv show at one point. Her biography was quite interesting to read. http://www.bonniejonesreynolds.com/author.html I have often thought of this book as almost poetry, it takes you on a jouney into the secrets of people's hearts. Do you beleive? good and evil cross over (good-sometimes not so good and evil-not always all evil), but you can feel the atmosphere. Love, jelousy, magic and beautiful writing-always one of my favorites!
Its people are three-dimensional, the power of invention extraordinary. ... her writing draws us into the hushed madnesses of the Bascombs and the Westcotts ... The strange powers of her fascinating characters hold the reader in the author's grasp till the very last page. This is quite a first novel. There is no guarantee that when you finish reading this book you will know 'the truth about unicorns,' but you will have a merry time trying to find out ... ... why try to find subtle, hidden meanings in an enchanted woods? Just suspend belief and inhale for a reading experience that is different. The author ties events, families, and witchcraft together so deftly that her book is fascinating. I could hardly put it down untill I knew how it all came out. Believe me, this is a very fine first novel and one that you will want to read. .. compelling and haunting first novel ...She has written out of the depths of imagination and intuition, out of a brooding over the spectacle of existence, yet with a marvelous faculty of precise observation ... She has made an auspicious beginning. Premi e riconoscimenti
For this small farming community in upstate New York in the 1920s, the Jazz Age might as well be playing out on the moon. Around here, folks' concerns pretty much stay the same as one decade slides into another. Nothing important really changes. The cows still need milking. The Parmelee family curse has been in place for ages. Carrie's been evil from the cradle. Red-haired women have never brought anything but trouble to this town. And there sure ain't nothing new about what teenagers are getting up to in the woods. 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 read it a long time ago, so cannot give a detailed review.
Here are some of the things I liked about it. Patterns repeat across generations; sister loved; sister scorned; and the patterns have weird consequences. I also really related to the emotions of some the characters, the teenaged protagonist in particular.
I also like the deliberately unresolved hints at the fantastic.
After re-reading I am no longer sure that the hints at the fantastic are deliberately unresolved. Rather I now believe that Reynolds gives subtle but unambiguous hints as to what is magic and what is not. ( )