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Chargement... THE BIRDS OF PARADISE (édition 1990)par PAUL SCOTT
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Birds of Paradise par Paul Scott
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Paul Scott is most famous for his much-beloved tetralogy The Raj Quartet, an epic that chronicles the end of the British rule in India with a cast of vividly and memorably drawn characters. Inspired by Scott’s own time spent in India during World War II, this powerful novel provides valuable insight into how foreign lands changed the British who worked and fought in them, hated and loved them. nbsp; A coming of age tale, The Birds of Paradise is the story of a boy and his childhood friendship with the daughter of a British diplomat and the son of the Raja. Scott artfully brings his young narrator’s voice to life with evocative language and an eye for detail, capturing the pangs of childhood and the bittersweet fog of memory with nostalgic yet immediate prose Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Well that was existentially depressing, and not in an awesome way like the [b:The Tartar Steppe|83017|The Tartar Steppe|Dino Buzzati|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327904364s/83017.jpg|1245179] or something.
Its also really hard work, even the good parts. The author has a very purple verbose style, which i normally like. It works well in describing scenes but a lot of it is simply about thinking. He can spend endless paragraphs analysing why people act the way they do and rarely comes up with an answer or even an interesting question.
A lot of the scenes are half remembered events, and while the inexactness of memories is very realistic and maybe even important to this particular story, that does not make it any less frustrating for the reader.
Its mostly a biography and the early portions in a (i'm guessing) somewhat fictionalised India are pretty good although not as magical as some other india related books i've read.
The 2nd quarter is the worse part, a turgid mess of the characters life until middle-age, it takes real concentration to stop your eyes glazing over.
Finally though we get back to something which lends itself better to the writers overdone style, which are events during and after WWII. These parts are really good, even the psychological analysis parts work well, for the first and last time in the story.
The whole thing finishes with a whimper rather than a bang, which in this case may actually be what the author intended. Only towards the end does it become apparent that the whole tale has been about the pointlessness of life, or most lives.
Hard graft, only recommended for readers who like to really earn their enjoyment of a book ;) . (