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Lesley Glaister

Auteur de Soleil de plomb

21+ oeuvres 795 utilisateurs 26 critiques 4 Favoris

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Comprend les noms: Leslie Glaister, Lesley Glaister

Œuvres de Lesley Glaister

Soleil de plomb (2004) 97 exemplaires
Honour Thy Father (1990) 92 exemplaires
Now You See Me (2001) 73 exemplaires
Nina Todd Has Gone (2007) 62 exemplaires
Digging to Australia (1992) 60 exemplaires
Fastoche (1998) 60 exemplaires
Little Egypt (2014) 56 exemplaires
Trick or Treat (1991) 56 exemplaires
The Private Parts of Women (1996) 53 exemplaires
Sheer Blue Bliss (1999) 50 exemplaires
Limestone and Clay (1993) 47 exemplaires
Partial Eclipse (1994) 44 exemplaires
Chosen (2010) 28 exemplaires
The Squeeze (2017) 6 exemplaires
Losing It (2007) 3 exemplaires
Blasted Things (2020) 2 exemplaires
Pærelet 1 exemplaire
Blue (2000) 1 exemplaire
Halloween (1993) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

The Sunday Night Book Club (2006) — Contributeur — 43 exemplaires
The Best British Short Stories 2013 (2013) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
Good Housekeeping Short Story Collection (1997) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires

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Barely OK so 2 stars fits, but nearly drove me to drink. Glad it's over.
 
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daaft | 6 autres critiques | Aug 13, 2022 |
I received an ARC e-book copy of this title from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first read by Lesley Glaister and I enjoyed it very much. Strong characterization and deep insight into the motivations and inner thoughts of the main characters are enhanced by a tense plot line and a very thorough creation of place. I really felt the dusty isolation and squirmed at the insect onslaught of the deep outback as characters brushed away jewel toned flies, endless swarms of mosquitos and kicked away beetley creatures the size of small birds.

This novel is not for those that want blood drenched wars of attrition between heavily armed adversaries or hard as nails protagonists. This novel is more about manipulation of regular people. Choices. Where we are when a line has been crossed that leads us to a new line... The unexpected discovery of evil and how we react. What we will do to keep what we (have convinced ourselves) need. I found this novel to be compelling yet completely realistic.

4 stars.
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ChrisMcCaffrey | 6 autres critiques | Apr 6, 2021 |
My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/C1E4HEA2Fwg

Enjoy!
 
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booklover3258 | 1 autre critique | Jan 21, 2021 |
This book presents two twinned, parallel storylines of women suffering imprisonment.

In the main story, Jenny, a young girl in solitary confinement, reminisces about her lost love affair with Tom, an older man. There are hints that this love affair is the cause for her imprisonment (but I won’t get into that!). Solitary is dismal, as expected, but also lets Jenny’s mind wander, and we get the entire story of her affair with Tom, of her relationship with her grandmother, and her descent into passion and madness.

Jenny often speaks of color, or the lack of it, in her prison cell, fantasizing about a palette of paints. Her mental life is rich, which offers the reader a glimpse into her psyche. At first you wonder if Jenny was somehow wronged. Is she a victim of exploitation? Or is she psychotic?

In her mind, Jenny tells herself the story of Peggy Maybee, a distant ancestor who was imprisoned for trying to steal peacock feathers to give her infant son. Peggy is put on a prisoner transport ship and sent to Botany Bay, and desperate conditions, mutiny, and horrible punishment await her on the ship. I enjoyed her story as much as Jenny’s, despite the cruelty and depravity that Peggy had to endure. Her story is brutal and devastating.

I would describe Glaister’s writing style as modern gothic. There’s the subtle psychological disintegration, the haunting sense of place, the character-driven plot. She describes one item, like grey scrambled eggs, or the thin nubbiness of the bedspread, and you get a sense of the entire room, of the mood and atmosphere, of the dinginess, or newness, or oppressiveness. There’s a dark, introverted quality to the perspectives of both Jenny and Peggy.

This book was a riveting tale of blind passion. Jenny is, at first, very sympathetic, but as her story progresses she becomes less reliable, which only makes the book that more interesting. Anyone who’s had their heart broken will be able to relate to Jenny’s story, but her innocent infatuation turns dramatically into violent obsession. And yet, Glaister’s writing is so multifaceted that even in the end, as twisted as Jenny is, you still rally for her.

5 stars all way ‘round.

This review is also posted on my blog at flyleafunfurled.com.
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ErickaS | 2 autres critiques | May 2, 2018 |

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Œuvres
21
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795
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Évaluation
½ 3.5
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ISBN
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