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Chargement... Yonder Stands Your Orphan (2001)par Barry Hannah
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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. I could not finish this book. If this is what passes for great writing we are in more trouble than I thought. This book is so unique, at times exceptionally wordy and other times the sentences are clipped, but either way nothing of any meaning is ever conveyed, a remarkable feat. Not sure I will seek out another book by this author regardless of the amount of praise afforded to him, and this book had a bunch. ( ) Barry Hannah twists words around inside sentences so that they shouldn’t work – but do. Sentences coil and release, and a quietly stunning turn of phrase pops out more often than not. Placed at a Mississippi lake, many people inhabit the story. Man Mortimer, a Conway Twitty look-alike and “small-town sinner living out a sneer established at seventeen” takes up the most space. He’s a pimp and child-pornographer, and is quick with a knife. Man and the rest of the lakeside inhabitants can “shock you with depravity and staggering kindness,” as Roman, a stoic fisherman, observes about life itself. There are retirees, murderers, prostitutes, orphans, drug runners turned clergymen, doctors turned casino jazz musicians, and a weak sheriff in love with a much older woman. Like the catfish that Roman catches, the story, and writing, is “alive and squirming.” It’s not always easy to wrap your mind around, but is truly worthwhile. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Man Mortimer, "a pimp and casino playboy who resembles dead country singer Conway Twitty", seeks revenge against a small Mississippi community. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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