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Chargement... All Soulspar Christine Schutt
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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 bit of a snoozer. ( ) All Souls is the story of the Siddons School, a girls prep school in New York City, in 1997. In truth, it's not really a story per se with a defined plot line. I found it more a kaleidoscope of character sketches as Ms. Schutt describes various students, teachers, and parents as the school year passes. A central figure is Astra Dell who is in the hospital with a rare form of cancer as the book begins. She is in her senior year, a lovely, kind girl who was a dancer before her illness struck. It is her absence from the school that impacts the others in the book in various ways. Ms. Schutt has a definite style of writing that I very much enjoyed. Her word choices are lovely, and the result is almost a tone poem. There's a variety of characters. Most of the girls are privileged, but there's the one scholarship girl. Most are recognizable types along with their brittle mothers and absent fathers. The teachers are also standard prep school figures, but it doesn't matter because they are all described in a unique and lovely manner. I often found myself reading aloud, mouthing the phrases, tasting the words as they flowed. I imagine this book is not to everyone's taste, but I can see why it won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. I began reading this book with high hopes - Christine Schutt is an award winning novelist, and All Souls was a 2009 Pulitzer finalist for fiction. Unfortunately, it was a huge let down. The "bones" of the story are good, but it is extremely disjointed and could have been better with either twice the pages or half the characters involved. The excessive cast of characters come across as one-dimensional, clichéd, and poorly developed. There are some beautiful passages in All Souls, but most of the writing is clumsy and difficult to trudge through. Schutt's style takes some getting used to and the story just wasn't long enough to get me there. I am glad that I checked this one out at the library and did not purchase it. This book describes senior year at an all-girls school in Manhattan. Overall, I liked the format of the short chapters following different girls and their parents (mostly mothers) in their experiences. But at times that format left me wondering, "What just happened?" The story felt a little disjointed at times. Very well written book though. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: In 1997, at the distinguished Siddons School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the school year opens with distressing news: Astra Dell is suffering from a rare disease. Astra's friends try to reconcile the sick girl's suffering with their own fierce longings and impetuous attachments. Car writes unsparing letters, which the dirty Marlene, in her devotion, then steals. Other classmates carry on: The silly team of Suki and Alex pursue Will Bliss while the subversive Lisa Van de Ven makes dates with Miss Wilkes. The world of private schools and privilege in New York City is funny, poignant, cruel, and at its heart is a sick girl, Astra Dell, "that pale girl from the senior class, the dancer with all the hair, the red hair, knotted or braided or let to fall to her waist, a fever and she consumed." National Book Award Finalist Christine Schutt has created a wickedly original tale of innocence, daring and illness. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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