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Chargement... Cotters' England (1966)par Christina Stead
   Shaking a Leg (57) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  therebelprince | Apr 21, 2024 |   A Virago on which I fell gleefully on my charity shop trip in Stratford. It's about the 1930s, the working class, the Labour movement ... but yet the prose is somehow dense and treacly, I found the characters confusing and kept having to check back, and looking through and reading the introduction did nothing to persuade me that I would find it any easier going if I persisted. So I didn't. (  )1  LyzzyBee | Nov 16, 2012 | ) kayclifton | Nov 20, 2011 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Introduction by Michelle de Kretser Cotters' England follows the lives of Nellie Cook, sister Peggy Cotter and brother Tom. Set in post-war England, it is a study of politics and betrayal in Nellie s professional and personal life. It is a story of smothered aspirations and dashed hopes, as class politics trap the Cotters and stifle their attempts to break free from the boundaries of the working- and middle-classes. The book is also an exploration of love and sexuality. An undercurrent of incestuous flirtation and a lesbian affair add further strain to Nellie's relationships with family and friends, driving one of them to suicide. By the renowned author of The Man Who Loved Children, this is the first Stead work to be set wholly in England. It weaves a strange and compelling story that explores the limits of class, politics, lust and passion." Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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At her most readable (The Salzburg Tales, House of All Nations, Letty Fox: Her Luck), there is literally no-one quite like her. At her highest literary point, The Man Who Loved Children, she terrifies the reader into submission with the sheer majesty of her power.
I'm not sure Cotter's England (published in some countries as Dark Places of the Heart) is a literary highpoint for Stead; it is certainly not among her most readable. I'm also not entirely convinced that she is accurately depicting the working class English lives featured herein.
Still, stylistically this is staggering. Difficult. Very difficult. But staggering.