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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. The stories in Face into the Wind, Rosalind Gill’s latest collection of short fiction, are almost all set in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Much of the drama we witness involves the primarily female cast of characters making unwelcome discoveries about the world they live in and the people they share it with, revelations that leave them no longer sure about their lives and wondering if what they have is really what they want. Gill also explores the clashing worlds of adults and children. In “Hoist Your Sails and Run,” 7-year-old Jenny hides in her friend Jimmy Kelly’s back yard. As she’s getting ready to creep out from under the back steps, she stops when she sees Mrs. Kelly and her own father emerge from the back door, their behaviour suggesting an unexpected and confusing degree of familiarity. In other stories we encounter young women navigating a world hostile to their needs and aspirations. In “Goodness,” nurse Florence, a cash-strapped single mother, agonizes over what to do when she is reprimanded by the surly head-nurse for becoming friendly with a dying patient, and also finds herself the object of unwanted attentions from the overly familiar Dr. Hallett. In “Honour Silence,” young teacher Vera chafes against the strict disciplinary system at Graham’s College for Girls, which she regards as outdated and unjust. When a smart, creative student who happens to have a rebellious streak is expelled simply because the school doesn’t want to deal with her, Vera understands that her own future is no longer certain. Many of the stories are set in the post-Confederation period of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when women were beginning to question a social structure that had for too long branded them second-class citizens, and in every case the historical setting is convincingly evoked. There’s nothing flashy in these pages. Gill writes plain-spoken prose that avoids elaborate description, getting straight to the point and drawing the reader immediately into the unfolding drama. These tales of quotidian struggle are honest, gritty, and populated with sympathetic characters facing challenges that will be instantly recognizable. The direct manner of the telling might imply naivety, but don’t be fooled because Gill’s fictions are complex and possess depth and nuance. These stories—written with skill and restraint—linger in the mind long after we have set the book down. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
INSPIRED BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNING SHORT STORY AUTHOR ALICE MONRO AND HER ABILITY TO MAKE SMALL TOWN ONTARIO FASCINATING, ROSALIND GILL SEES HER OWN WORK AS AN ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. -Chris Quigley, The Western Star Following on the success of her first collection of short stories, Too Unspeakable for Words, Rosalind Gill s new collection of ten short stories mostly features women protagonists embroiled in situations of thought-provoking social conflict and explores their struggle to resolve their problems. In the words of the Author I am a Newfoundland writer and Face into the Wind is an identifiably Newfoundland collection. I grew up in a story-telling family in a story-telling society. This is how we find meaning and make sense of things in my culture. As well, I have always been fascinated by language. I am also a literary translator and language academic. I see my writing as a unique, modern-day literary extension of traditional oral story-telling. The narration is infused with the ironic humour and imaginary of the Newfoundland language and cultural idiom and echoes the richness of oral Newfoundland English.. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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