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Chargement... A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellaspar Richard Wagamese
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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. A Perfect Likeness consists of two novellas with similar narrative arcs, but different atmospheres. Him Standing is a more supernatural/otherworldly story in which Lucas Smoke, a highly gifted woodcarver, is approached by a mysterious man in black who asks him to make a spirit mask. The Next Sure Thing follows Cree Thunderboy, a blues guitarist who also has a knack for picking winners at the racetrack, and this knack attracts the attention of a gangster looking to make some quick bucks. Both Lucas and Cree face significant challenges in hanging onto themselves in these tricky situations. I devoured these novellas in the space of an afternoon. Wagamese is an excellent writer and conjures up two very different atmospheres from the same general pattern. Of the two, I preferred Him Standing, possibly because it was the first one of the two, but also because the supernatural elements were just the right amount of hair-raising for me. The Next Sure Thing was very good, but the challenges faced by Cree were a bit more down-to-earth, or at least familiar to readers of crime fiction. I found them especially familiar, if I can use that word, given my recent binge of Craig Russell’s Lennox series, which features gangsters in Glasgow. But that’s not to take away from the Wagamese novella. It was well done, as all of his work is. This book is highly recommended, especially in the Orca Book Publishers edition with the stunning cover. It sets the mood nicely. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
HTML: Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two young men trying to find their place in the world. The volume brings together two previously published novellas by Richard Wagamese, Him Standing and The Next Sure Thing, with a foreword from author Waubgeshig Rice. Both stories follow the lives of young men who have dreams for a better future. In their search for fame and fortune, Cree Thunderboy and Lucas Smoke end up on paths where their biggest challenge is staying true to themselves. In Him Standing, Lucas Smoke learns the art of carving from his grandfather. He discovers that he is a natural; he can literally make people come to life in wood. But when Lucas is asked to carve a spirit mask by a mysterious stranger, he quickly learns that his skill with a knife could cost him his dreams. In The Next Sure Thing, Cree Thunderboy has two things he does well: playing blues guitar and picking winning horses at the track. Picking winners is just meant to be a means to an endâ??Cree's goal is to make his living playing the blues. He meets a powerful man at the racetrack who convinces him he can parlay his special skill with the horses into a shot at the fame and fortune he seeks. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Both novellas offer fast-paced, engaging stories and as well as this version are published separately in Rapid Reads publications, recommended for young adult readers, reluctant readers, ESL students or anyone wanting a quick well-written story.
Includes an excellent foreword by Waubgeshig Rice. ( )