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Chargement... All Our Shimmering Skies (2020)
Information sur l'oeuvreAll Our Shimmering Skies par Trent Dalton (2020)
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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. Wat zal ik over dit boek zeggen. Vrolijk, hoopvol, wreed en prachtig. Over trouw en haat, over vetes en liefdes. Vrolijk want de hoofdpersoon Molly Hook is een vrolijke, 12 jarige meid die voor het eerst mag meehelpen met het graven van graven op de begraafplaats waar ze woont met haar moeder Violet, haar vader Horace en haar vaders broer oom Aubrey. Hoopvol, want ondanks de aframmelingen die ze krijgt van vader en oom en de verdwijning van haar moeder, blijft ze in het goede geloven, blijft ze de dingen rondom haar heen met verwondering bezien. Wreed vanwege de aframmelingen en het onbegrip dat ze ondervindt van haar familie. Prachtig want de Australische natuur in de omgeving van Darwin. Je ziet het bijna voor je. Als Darwin in mei van 1942 wordt gebombardeerd door de Japanners en bijna met de grond wordt gelijk gemaakt vlucht ze samen met Greta Baumgarten (Greta Maze is de artiestennaam van deze actrice) de vriendin uit de omgeving weg. Ze besluiten de aanwijzingen op een gouddelf-pan die ze heeft gekregen en het verloren goud van Longcoat Bob te gaan zoeken. Op die gouddelf-pan staat een tekst waardoor je bij de plek zou moeten komen. Als ze door autopech te voet verder gaan krijgen ze gezelschap van een Japanse piloot die letterlijk uit de lucht komt vallen. Het verhaal is mooi geschreven, haast poëtisch in de beschrijvingen. Het had voor mij nog wel even langer door mogen gaan. This is one beautiful story. 1942. Twelve year old Molly, the gravedigger girl, has just lost everything to the Japanese bombing of Darwin. She is convinced her heart is turning to stone due to a curse put on her family by Longcoat Bob. The deep country sorceror who put a curse on her family after her Grandfather stole gold off his land. She is going bush to find him with Greta Maze & Yukio. A sharp tongued actress & a fallen fighter pilot to find Longcoat Bob to ask him to lift the curse. But as always, it's not the destination that counts, it's the journey. Trent Dalton's writing is so beautiful & lyrical. I have so many favourite quotes! He describes the bush so gorgeously it's almost like stepping into an Aussie fairytale. This book is so immersive, it's really easy to get lost in the pages for a few hours & the story flows beautifully. I'm definitely checking out more of Trent Dalton's work. Grave digger girl who talks to the sky. Drunk father and uncle who steel from the dead. An actress Greta teams up with Molly and a Japanese fighter pilot to find Bob Who Molly believes put a curse on her family The destination isn't important its the journey so descriptive of nature the bombing of Darwin, human relationships and life aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: From the internationally bestselling and beloved author of the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe, a mesmerizing, uplifting novel of adventure and unlikely friendships in World War II Australiaâ??calling to mind The Wizard of Oz as directed by Baz Luhrmann. Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who's abandoned his post. With messages from the skies above to guide them towards treasure, but foes close on their trail, the trio will encounter the beauty and vastness of the Northern Territory and survive in ways they never thought possible. A story about the gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth, and secrets we bury inside ourselves, Trent Dalton's brilliantly imagined novel is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue heavens. It is a love letter to Australia and an ode to the art of looking upâ??a buoyant and magical tale, filled to the brim with warmth, wit, and wonder Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Such a good choice. Despite the fact that there is a laundry list of content warnings (see below) and in the hands of another author this story might have been a psychological thriller, this is a beautifully written story about love and perseverance. There are no 'surprises' of the type I hate in thrillers, and the writing is poetic, veering in to magical realism.
While I'd like to write a nuanced and informative review, I got to the end of the book and went 'wow'. Fabulous characterisation, a careful mix of cultural groups, amazing visceral descriptions of landscape, a plot that meanders coherently and engagingly, beautiful writing. I can see this being a book that gets taught in schools, because there is so much to unpack, so much imagery and interesting parallels.
Content Warnings
* Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Racism, and War
* Moderate: Physical abuse
* Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia
My notes while writing this read: death of parent, grave robbing, physical and emotional abuse of child, racism, period typical slurs, implications of sexual violence (not clear if rape), alcoholism, drug use, physical violence between adults, mentions of sex work, being on the ground in a bombing raid plus the aftermath (including dismembered bodies), abandonment of a minor, attempted murder, attempted rape, drowning, murder (graphic), eye damage and other dismemberment due to leprosy plus forced institutionalism of lepers, delirium tremens, infected wound (graphic description), mentions of suicide, ( )