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Chargement... A Voice Through a Cloud (1950)par Denton Welch
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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. The last, and I think best, book by Denton Welch. This describes his recovery from a horrible accident in which he was hit by a car while bicycling; but it's more than that. At first he describes his new reality of finding himself in a hospital bed, unable to move, dominated by unsympathetic nurses. As he heals, he begins to notice other patients in the ward and, curious a a magpie, observes their stories and describes them in perfect prose. Eventually he leaves the hospital for a nursing home where he becomes obsessed by his doctor and starts to figure out to do next. His whole life has changed and he mourns his health and the way he'll never be able to take strength and ease for granted again. But it's not self pitying. Welch is too interested in life and in observing people to get stuck there. I've turned down about a million page corners of places where his descriptions are just so perfect. If a writer is someone upon whom nothing is wasted, Welch is a true writer. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"A Voice through a Cloud" is English novelist Denton Welch's moving account of his recovery from a bicycling accident that left him partially paralyzed at the age of 20. Espouser of picnics and bicycle rides, cataloger of exquisite textures, pitiless surgeon of affect and mores, and also a pretty good painter, Denton Welch has drawn fans as far removed from his world of English pastoralism as William Burroughs and Richard Hell. Characterized by Welch's mercilessly acute powers of observation, "A Voice Through a Cloud" is a tour-de-force of both rigorous, detached self-analysis and clear-eyed external description, as Welch lies in a hospital bed, struggling with his illness and his relationships with family and doctor. Completed as Welch was dying 13 years later from complications resulting from the accident, and first published in 1950, "A Voice through a Cloud"'s pristine prose sparkles with gleaming surfaces, human motivations clearly perceived and a steadiness of tone and register. While "In Youth Is Pleasure" is probably Welch's best-loved book, and "Maiden Voyage" his most scandalous, "A Voice through a Cloud" is his masterpiece, containing his most accomplished writing. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This is an account of far more than an accident and its consequences; Denton's remarkable ability to express his feelings, his acute powers of observation and his great talent as a writer make this a living and thoroughly convincing record of a young man's life turned in its head.
This is a book that I cannot recommend too highly, the combination of its outspoken honesty and the brilliance of the writing make it irresistible. It ends rather abruptly, understandable given that the author was struggling to finish this before untimely death was to claim him. ( )