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Chargement... Death in Venice, Californiapar Vinton Rafe McCabe
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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. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I was excited to read this book, expecting from the witty title and wacky tarot-esque cover that it would be... fun. Unfortunately, I couldn't get into it; the characters (especially the protagonist) was not too likeable, and I prefer my characters to be likable (or at least interestingly distateful). I had great difficulty getting through the wandering prose, which in its tediousness did evoke my attempts at old translations of Mann's novel. I am putting this away, to return to some rainy day. ( )Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. McCabe’s Death in Venice, California parallels Thomas Mann’s original story of a fastidious man in pursuit of a new artistic environment. He becomes more enamored, however, by one of the physically very fit young men on the beaches of Venice who oozes sensuality and seduction for his own gain. A well written and at times humorous narrative clearly capturing the price one aging man is willing to pay to make his fantasies a reality. It is also a very sad story. The protagonist has lost all ability to discern his fantasies from the destructive reality into which he is quickly and willingly seeping. It is as though he is choosing to step into the poetry he has written, which has brought him fame and fortune, instead of facing the day-to-day reality of being an aging man. He is in a race with time, trying to capture the illusive dreams and lost hopes of his life. Although the same allegory as that of Mann’s, it is in keeping with the culture of our times--drugs, sex, and rock ‘n’ roll. If willing to face the aging process and the loss dreams it may represent, this book is well worth reading. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. This fast-paced vaguely sexy book is certainly NOT a retelling of Thomas Mann's spectacular novella for the contemporary reader -or whatever the advertising copy claims. Rather, it is a somewhat confusing and lurid tale of lust without intellect despite the heavy-handed attempt to be "literary". If you'll forgive the Lolita reference, this is a lollipop rather than sole meuniere - fun for a little while but finally unsatisfying. Perhaps I expected too much but I didn't give the book its title so..... Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. This book is well developed, but a bit hasty. it is definitely fast paced and a quick read. Although some themes may not be appropriate for younger audiences, those who are mature enough to understand (and remain unperturbed by) the concept of the ideas are in for a treat. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I was not happy reading this book.I found the title to be miss leading as it turned out to be a suside and not a murder. I was also not too happy with th overall characters or plot of the book,except the two female characters,aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Based on Thomas Mann's classic, but treading new territory all its own, Death in Venice, California is a darkly comic tale of yearning, its rewards and its costs. Yearning is often considered a passive thing. But this ignores the molten core of havoc that lies within, making it the most hair-trigger of states. Death in Venice, California, takes the burning concept of yearning-as-motivator, jams it into the craw of a staid, entitled central character, and sets him loose, unmoored, in the modern world. Jameson Frame, an educated, even revered, middle-aged man of letters, flees the cold canyons of Manhattan for Venice, California, where he is soon surrounded by all that this Bedouin village has to offer: wiccans, vegans, transients, artists, drummers, muscle men, skateboarders, plastic surgeons, pornographers, tarot card readers and ghouls. And an arrestingly beautiful young man named Chase, the subject and object of his yearning. From there, Frame enters into a spiral of liberation, exultation, and, ultimately, destruction. And, as Frame explores his terra incognita, he takes his reader with him on his wild journey of passion, ecstasy, chaos, and consumption, all exploring the nature of self against the modern landscape, all set to the rhythm of the human heartbeat. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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