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The Big Blow

par Joe R. Lansdale

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Peculiar weather settles over a bustling Texas sea port, a city made prosperous off the cotton trade and thick with racial inequality. The sky above Galveston, Texas, darkens to the sickly green of a healing bruise, the sea turns black, and the inhabitants of the city have no idea the force of the hammer about to drop on them. The wild wind blows boxer John McBride into town, a white prize fighter with seemingly superhuman fury and skill. As black boxer Jack L'il Arthur Johnson prepares to fight this fierce opponent, the storm closes in. If he can survive the ring and the vicious undercurrents of the Jim Crow south, L'il Arthur will still have to fight his way through the storm winds, the rising flood waters, and the violent night. On September 8, 1900, a hurricane ripped apart Galveston, Texas, killing nearly 8,000 people and nearly obliterating the town. Lansdale's story brings dimension to many who lost their lives that day, and a few who survived. Contains mature themes.… (plus d'informations)
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The Big Blow is an excellent piece of historical fiction by Joe R. Lanndale that uses the 1900 Galveston Hurricane (one of the deadliest natural disasters in american history) as a backdrop to explore racist attitudes during the turn of the century. As winds and waves rapidly build off the coast, rich country club owners ship in cutthroat pugilist John McBride to take the club championship from local black man 'Lil' Arthur Johnson, who won it during what was considered a novelty fight between him in the club's white champion.

True to his writing style, Lansdale exposes the vulgarity and violence dominating society, while simultaneous shining a flashlight on the dark underbelly of history. His fictionalized accounts of the Galveston Hurricane are as emotionally jarring and captivating as his portrayal of the racism inherent in American society just a little over a century ago. ( )
  smichaelwilson | Jan 30, 2019 |
Fino all’ottobre del 1900, Galveston fa a gara con New York per il titolo di città più vivace e stimolante degli Stati Uniti. All’inizio di quel mese, un uragano la rade al suolo, un disastro da cui non si riprenderà più. Il romanzo breve di Lansdale narra i giorni di quella tragedia grazie a intense pagine, intrecciando alcune piccole storie di gente comune attorno a quella principale della sfida al mal sopportato campione di pugilato locale, il nero Jack Johnson, da parte del rozzo ma energico bianco Jim McBride. E’ quest’ultima figura, seppur sgradevole, il vero motore del libro, in questo vincendo il confronto con il suo avversario di colore. L’abilità dello scrittore sta però nell’evitare che gli altri personaggi ne vengano oscurati: descritti con magari poche ma incisive frasi, tutti inscrivono il loro nitido profilo nella mente del lettore. In tale capacità di sintesi sta uno dei tanti pregi che segnano le pagine dell’autore texano, oltre all’estrema scorrevolezza e al ritmo serrato della narrazione scandito da dialoghi taglienti: così, le singole figure si muovono all’inseguimento dei loro piccoli o grandi sogni sullo sfondo del cupo avanzare della tempesta, che sovrasta tutto e tutti, colpevolmente ignorato anche se sempre più minaccioso. La serena alba del giorno dopo illumina la descrizione impietosa di una devastazione che richiederà anni di lavoro per essere superata: sopra di essa, qualche flebile filo di speranza che però non evita ai sopravvissuti un futuro in un mondo immutato o (spesso) peggiore rispetto a quello che conoscevano. ( )
  catcarlo | Oct 6, 2016 |
Well-done story set during the Galveston hurricane. Lansdale is a hell of a writer, no matter what he takes on. ( )
  datrappert | Aug 21, 2009 |
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Peculiar weather settles over a bustling Texas sea port, a city made prosperous off the cotton trade and thick with racial inequality. The sky above Galveston, Texas, darkens to the sickly green of a healing bruise, the sea turns black, and the inhabitants of the city have no idea the force of the hammer about to drop on them. The wild wind blows boxer John McBride into town, a white prize fighter with seemingly superhuman fury and skill. As black boxer Jack L'il Arthur Johnson prepares to fight this fierce opponent, the storm closes in. If he can survive the ring and the vicious undercurrents of the Jim Crow south, L'il Arthur will still have to fight his way through the storm winds, the rising flood waters, and the violent night. On September 8, 1900, a hurricane ripped apart Galveston, Texas, killing nearly 8,000 people and nearly obliterating the town. Lansdale's story brings dimension to many who lost their lives that day, and a few who survived. Contains mature themes.

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