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Bezig met laden... The Visitorsdoor Patrick O'Keeffe
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Profoundly lyrical and beautiful novel, but not necesary an easy read. The novel is told by Jimmy Dwyer, an Immigrant from Ireland, and it is variable in time and place and Jimmy's thoughts and memories shift their focus, interweaving the past and the present, as he constantly remembers, relives, and rediscovers his past through the refracting lens of time and changing relationships. It is a novel that is, at times tragic, and certainly melancholy in how history plays itself out and repeats itself, how Jimmy learns that the past is always with us, no matter how much one wishes to escape it. O'keefe's prose is breathtakingly beautiful. He captures Jimmy's voice perfectly and he is fully and complexly realized. The interleaving of time and place is expertly and subtly maintained and captured in the nuances of voice that define different places and relationships. This was an exquisite book that I will not soon forget. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"As he did so masterfully in the connected novellas of The Hill Road, Patrick O'Keeffe's first novel moves back and forth in time and place to weave the story of two Irish families forever linked by love, secrets, and their heritage. James Dwyer was born in rural county Limerick before moving to Dublin as a teenager and ultimately settling in Ann Arbor. One night James's past appears in the form of a down-and-out man named Walter, who issues an invitation for James to come to Upstate New York to visit his old childhood neighbor, Kevin Lyons. Although neither James nor Kevin particularly cares for each other, there's no denying their complicated past. Kevin and James's sister, Tess, were lovers while James fell hard for Kevin's sister, Una"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Home often is not the place we left but the place we take with us. We take the past and our family without for better or worse. Memories are often unreliable, and secrets have a way of coming out at the least opportune times.
In elegant prose, and wonderful dialogue the author takes us into the heart of these two families, whose members were often more entwined than most members know. James will find himself keeper of a big secret which will lead him to question his view of his childhood memories and how he interpreted them.
This is a quiet introspective book, no great action happens, but it is a novel that has a subtle impact on the reader. Makes one think about their own memories and how maybe what we remember isn't the whole story. ( )