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Chargement... Barking Man (original 1990; édition 1990)par Madison Smartt Bell
Information sur l'oeuvreBarking Man par Madison Smartt Bell (Author) (1990)
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Ten tales of misfits in big cities and lonely backwaters, striving to free themselves from traps of their own making In each of Bell's ten stories, characters struggle through trying times, captives of their own bad decisions or plain bad luck. In "Black and Tan," a farmer's fortitude after the tragic death of his family leads him to become a savior of delinquent boys. The title story charts a London student's crumbling psyche. And in "Petit Cachou" hustlers and panhandlers in the French Riviera experience the darker side of life on a seemingly perfect stretch of the Mediterranean coastline. While depicting characters both sympathetic and hopeless, Bell's remarkable insight makes for a vivid rendering of civilization's many frayed edges. Barking Man is the author's second collection of stories, and presents Bell's writing at its most unforgettable. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Bell, who writes well about marginalized people, appears fascinated here with what causes people to commit acts of violence. Here we meet a dog trainer (who becomes a trainer of wayward boys), a man who barks and bites a hairdresser, a mentally ill sculptor and arsonist, an American con-artist in the south of France, addicts, and a wise Buddhist mouse (yes, you heard correctly) who uses The Book of Changes as a spiritual lodestone while the other mice go mad.
This is an intriguing collection, and Bell's eye for the bizarre is well-honed. He writes with clarity and a wonderful ear for the voices of his characters. Readers will find much to ponder here. ( )