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Chargement... Perfect Lives (2010)par Polly Samson
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I thought these were ok. The writing was beautiful but there wasn't much there there, if you get my drift. Usually linked stories are my thing, but I never fully believed in the community she was writing about and there was a disconnect between writer and subject, like Samson didn't care much for her characters and was looking down on them from a higher perch. I'm interested in giving her novel a try but have a feeling it might be just like this, but more so. ( ) A collection of interlinked short stories, where the minor character in one, appears as the main subject in another. The stories give a provocative insight into how perfect lives can be made up of a wide variety of relationships. The revealing prose shows how different families can be when viewed from the inside, compared with how they present themselves to outsiders. A wonderful collection of interlinked short stories, all on the theme of how dissatisfaction and struggle is just beneath the surface of outwardly comfortable life, how the past can cast long shadows on our lives, and how the shadows might be overcome. One star deducted for being a bit too middle class. Prix et récompenses
In an English seaside town, lovers and children, young men and middle-aged women, weave in and out of each other's lives and stories. A mother is tormented by her daughter's tattoo; another only pretends to love her baby. A wife stalks her husband and his new lover; a broken egg through a letterbox tells a story that will not go away; the cat thinks he knows best. Threaded throughout are longings for love and poignant disappointments, surprising pleasures and temptations. Some will fall but some, like the small boy at the circus who sees his babysitter fly past on a trapeze wearing little more than a blue bra and spangles, will retain their feeling of awe. PERFECT LIVES, follows Polly Samson's rapturously received first collection, LYING IN BED. They are rueful, knowing, witty, poignant, bashful, bold. Her genius is in the nuance. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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