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Chargement... The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel (édition 2010)par Alden Bell
Information sur l'oeuvreLes faucheurs sont les anges par Alden Bell
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Alden Bell has managed something improbable and striking: a disconcertingly beautiful tale of zombie apocalypse. The Reapers Are the Angels is soaked in all the blood that any horror fan could desire, the effluvia rendered in a high Southern Gothic style as redolent of rotting magnolia as anything written by William Faulkner or Cormac McCarthy. Alden Bell provides an astonishing twist on the southern gothic: like Flannery O'Connor with zombies. Born into a crumbling society plagued by zombies, all 15-year-old Temple knows is to kill or be killed. When she is assaulted at a safe house, she murders her human attacker, Abraham Todd, and runs from his vengeful brother, Moses. Temple soon acquires a traveling partner, a slow mute by the name of Maury, and begrudgingly takes responsibility for his care, remembering a young boy she swore to protect but couldn't save. Fleeing Moses, the "meatskins," and her own battered conscience, Temple still finds moments of simple joy in the brutal world. Bell (a pseudonym for Joshua Gaylord, author of Hummingbirds) has created an exquisitely bleak tale and an unforgettable heroine whose eye for beauty and aching need for redemption somehow bring wonder into a world full of violence and decay. Prix et récompenses
"Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the run. Haunted by her past and pursued by a killer, Temple is surrounded by death and danger, hoping to be set free. For twenty-five years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart. She can't remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her on a personal journey toward redemption. Moving back and forth between the insulated remnants of society and the brutal frontier beyond, Temple must decide where ultimately to make a home and find the salvation she seeks" --Publisher description. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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L'héroïne est une jeune adolescente qui sillonne ce qui reste des États-Unis au péril de sa vie, sans but clair. C'est d'ailleurs la principale faiblesse de ce roman qui, sans être mauvais, ne possède pas le rythme entraînant et le suspense des classiques du genres. On a un peu l'impression d'errer à gauche et à droite, malgré les quelques intrigues et les compagnons de voyage qui se glissent ici et là dans le récit.
Contrairement à Cormac McCarthy qui, avec son économie de mots, nous faisait ressentir la désolation et le désespoir de son univers post-apocalyptique, Bell nous étourdit quelque peu avec des phrases plus que généreuses qui détournent à mon avis l'attention du lecteur.
Bref, c'est une lecture divertissante, mais qui nous laisse sur notre faim... ( )