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Chargement... A House In the Sky (original 2013; édition 2013)par Amanda Lindhout (Auteur), Sara Corbett (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreA House in the Sky: A Memoir par Amanda Lindhout (2013)
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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. Human Spirit Two stars because the writing was good. I found the story of this woman frustrating and pitiful. To embark on untethered trips to the most volatile parts of the world was utterly stupid. The fact that she survived and was not murdered is amazing. The fact that she is now cashing in on her ordeal - well good for her, but it's reprehensible that she put herself, Nigel, her family and friends through a 15 month ordeal because she pretended to be a real journalist and photographer. I kept reminding myself it's a memoir, which most of it could be corroborated, some of her story could not. I am sure I am going to get negative responses to this review but here goes. This a mediocre book at best. Yes the writing is polished but my guess is the reason for this is the co author, who writes for the New York Times Magazine. The first 140 odd pages details what a grossly naive person Amanda Lindhout is and her narcissistic belief that she can do anything. She seems to be the one of the highest grossing waitresses on the planet without taking off her clothes, and seems to think that surviving Central and South America was justification for traveling to Pakistan, Afghanistan , and unfortunately for her ultimately Somalia. All this did for me was easily predict how her reckless behavior would end up getting her in trouble. I have seen reviews stating she got what she deserved. This assessment is grossly ignorant. Nobody deserves to be raped and tortured. The problem I had with the book is the first half is boring and as I said easy to see how the second half would play out. Having traveled to Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Mexico and Dubai, I have often encountered young travelers who think they can do anything with no repercussions. There is criticism the Canadian and Australian governments were less than effective is securing their release. I think people need to know that if you are going to go to countries that your government highly recommends that you don't, then if something happens to you it is not their job to help you. Other criticisms have pointed out that it seems like she purposely did this to get the fame of a once in a lifetime story, but ended up getting more than she bargained for, I doubt this is the case since it would be a great way to get killed! The biggest problem for me regarding this book was that after awhile I just didn't care about her or her ex boyfriend's ordeal. If she had a reason to be in Somalia like she was with the UN or a soldier, or with an NCO, I would say she was crazy to be there, but was hopefully briefed on the risks. But because she was either grossly naive and or ignorant, for me did not make this book worth the time I spent reading it. For the past 3 years I have stopped reading voraciously. Life got complicated. Couldn't find books I enjoyed. Life. Time left seemed ridiculous to waste on mediocre fiction. So, I've read a lit of nonfiction. Not a lot. But besides the Thom Harris slew I raced thru I have read Jack And Jackie, a FDR biography, a Katherine Harris book, and now this book A HOUSE IN THE SKY. I was reading a Hemingway book, The Snow of Kilimanjaro but it became yoo distressing. I read Ellen Gilchrist book about teaching at an Arkansas college.....I've begun many and tossed them aside. This book has awaken my live of reading and transporting my mind to places I've never discovered. 5 stars and I'm not finished yet. Thought I'd welcome myself home. Listened to the audio book. The author is an amazing woman. I was just blown away by her ability to travel for months at a time with just a loose plan. You could feel her zest for life and adventure. Once the abduction occurs, this becomes a very dark story. I don't know how she and her friend survived those 15 months of captivity. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Apr?s avoir ?chapp? au quotidien d'une enfance difficile en se plongeant dans de vieux num?ros du magazine National Geographic, la jeune Amanda Lindhout d?cide de partir ? son tour ? la d?couverte de ce monde qui la fait tant r?ver. ? 19 ans, elle travaille comme serveuse et parvient ? mettre suffisamment d'argent de ct? pour s'offrir de longs p?riples sac au dos en Am?rique latine et en Asie, jusqu'? ce que son ?nergie et sa curiosit? l'am?nent ? d?couvrir d'autres pays plus difficiles d'acc?s pour une femme occidentale tels que le Soudan, la Syrie ou encore le Pakistan. Enhardie par ses d?couvertes et ses rencontres, elle part pour l'Afghanistan et l'Irak, tous deux ravag?s par la guerre, et entame une carri?re de journaliste qui va la conduire en Somalie - ± le pays le plus dangereux sur terre -, o elle se fait kidnapper par un groupe d'hommes arm?s se r?clamant d'une milice islamiste. Retenue prisonni?re pendant 460 jours dans des conditions souvent effroyables, seule femme au milieu d'une dizaine d'hommes, Amanda survit en faisant appel ? son intuition, ? ses souvenirs et ? sa force de caract?re. Et, quand le d?sespoir la submerge, elle se prend ? r?ver qu'elle visite une maison dans le ciel, loin, tr?s loin de la prison obscure dans laquelle elle risque de sombrer dans la folie ou de trouver la mort. Une adaptation cin?matographique de cet ouvrage est en cours. Le film sera r?alis? par Megan Allison, la productrice de Zero Dark Thirty et The Revenant, et c'est l'actrice Rooney Mara (Mill?nium: Les Hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes, Carol) qui tiendra le rle d'Amanda Lindhout. EXTRAIT Nous avions donn? un nom ? quelques-unes des maisons dans lesquelles ils nous avaient enferm?s. Nous ?tions rest?s plusieurs mois d'affil?e dans certaines, quelques jours ou quelques heures dans d'autres. Il y avait eu tout d'abord la Maison de l'Artificier, puis celle de l'?lectricit?. Puis ce fut la Maison de l'?vasion, une petite construction en b?ton o il nous arrivait parfois d'entendre par la fen?tre des ?changes de tirs, mais aussi la voix proche, douce et tendre d'une femme chantonnant pour son enfant. Apr?s notre tentative d'?vasion, nous avions ?t? transf?r?s de mani?re pr?cipit?e dans la Maison Kitsch, avec son boudoir au couvre-lit fleuri et ? la coiffeuse en bois garnie de bombes de laque ou de gel coiffant parfaitement align?es - une pi?ce dans laquelle, ? en juger par les protestations de la femme cantonn?e dans sa cuisine, nous n'?tions pas cens?s nous trouver. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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