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Chargement... After the Rain (1958)par John Bowen
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First published in 1958 After the Rain was described by Angus Wilson as a 'cataclysmic novel . . . as exciting as any deluge you can hope to find; but if you think deluges are too trivial, John Bowen has a surprise for you: his novel turns out to be satire of the first order.' Beginning in the basement of Foyle's bookshop in the Charing Cross Road in London and moving to rainmaking in Texas, love in Chew Magna, a camp in the Mendips, a storm at sea, sharks, sunstroke, a giant squid and a fight to the death on a raft, After the Rain is an adventure story that will keep you gripped to the very last page. An exhilarating, brilliantly conceived, sharply intelligent and often-funny story, it is a compassionate and well-imagined fable that makes a serious comment on the human situation and established John Bowen as a novelist of depth and skill, drawing comparisons with George Orwell and William Golding. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Stylistically, the book is somewhat unbalanced. The first five chapters are in many ways so ironic, that it seems the writer did not take himself or his work very seriously. Subsequent chapters have more and dramatically convincing action, which pulls the reader in, but in the final three chapters the novel becomes very philosophical, first concentrating on the character's problems, and finally settling on religion. In this way the book also foreshadows Golding's "The Lord of the Flies".
The similarity to other writer's work, and the lack of stylistic balance make the book hardly qualify as great literature. On the other hand, I would definitely not put the book together with pulp fiction, as has been suggested by other reviewers. First published in 1958, one can hardly call the book an experiment in the genre. Perhaps, the short novel, only 144 pages, could best be described as a personal experiment, of the author. Interesting. ( )