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zeker iets voor jou Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek mooi zult vinden.  lmnop2652 | Feb 9, 2010 |  A novel resembling a set of linked short stories. Beautifully written, compelling, moving. Violent. mulliner | Oct 17, 2009 | This is a disturbing novel which uses fictional characters to depict a real-life series of murders in Country Clare and Country Galway Ireland. The images are vivid and graphic. In 1994, a young artist and her three year old son were missing and later found to be murdered near her isolated cottage. During the same time period, a priest met a similar fate at the hands of a seasoned criminal whose name was Brendan O'Donnell. This is the backdrop for O'Brien's novel as she takes us on a journey inside the mind of a young man who not only lost his mother, but was abused by priests, his father, prison guards and was failed by a woefully inadequate, neglectful child welfare system. The writing style reminded me of Truman Capote's famous book In Cold Blood, wherein the callous murderers of the Clutter family were examined and portrayed in a manner where the perpetrators appeared to be victims of their wretched past. Honestly, I related more to the innocent victims that were murdered than to the murderer. (  ) Whisper1 | Oct 11, 2009 | I have only read the short stories of O'Brien in the past. This novel was interesting in that there were dozens of narrators all taking turns in telling their insight into the life of Michen O'Kane who becomes obsessed with a single mother, Eily who lives alone in the woods. The setting is described well as are the lives of these townsfolk who know the unfortunate circumstances of this youth gone wrong, but even those circumstances do not quite add up to the psychopathic behavior of Mich. O'Brien writes well. I enjoyed the narrative style and the portrayal of the Western Ireland country. ( ) novelcommentary | Jun 24, 2008 | a very enjoyable read by this accomplished British writer, a good thriller, and "very postmodern" says my English major daughter who also read it. (  ) bhowell | Jun 7, 2008 |  geen besprekingen | voeg een recensie toe
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0618339655, Paperback)In the best of Edna O'Brien's novels, there is a lawless element, a violence, that springs up to satisfy some primal urge: revenge, desire, thwarted love, or even the seemingly contrasting need of a community for balance and order. In the Forest is based on a true story of a local terror, a murderer sprung from the fertile soil of the west Ireland countryside. Michen O'Kane is a loving boy gone bad. His father beat his mother, and his mother died young, leaving 10-year-old Michen to the indifferent care of relatives and teachers. A rich fantasy life and little outside guidance quickly lead to a detention center, where Michen is the prey of bullies, as well as of a kindly priest with an unfortunate use for small boys. But none of these factors fully explains Michen's transformation into a killer. It is one of the strengths of this difficult and beautifully written novel that the lyrical fragments of Michen's tale--told from various points of view--do not completely add up. The dark mysteries of psychosis are left intact. We have only evocative glimpses of Michen's inner world and a crystal-clear image of the ruin he left behind. --Regina Marler(opgehaald bij Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:03:38 -0500) De eerste testronde is afgelopen. Bezoek de Open Shelves Classification groep voor verdere informatie. |
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A scary book, the subject (schizophrenia gone dangerous, murderous) of which is not something I want more, but I'll seek O'Brien out for sure. Her writing was graphic, evocative. (