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Bezig met laden... Legends of the Fall (editie 1980)door Jim Harrison (Auteur)
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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.  Stahl-Ricco | Nov 14, 2023 |    ) brook11trout | May 6, 2023 | Each novella contains violent dramatic action. The tone is dark. Revenge is a shared theme. Harrison somehow manages to keep these three tragic stories from becoming too depressing. His writing has a macho edge. The endings of the first two novellas are not as effective as the third, which was my personal favorite. ( ) Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 | ― Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall There are actually several stories included in here, not just Legends. I did read them all and though I liked Legends I still prefer Revenge which was also a film and which starred Kevin Costner and Madeline Stowe. To be honest it took me awhile to get into these stories. We are told many things, not shown and what I mean by that is there is much less actual dialogue then I am used to. The actual Legends of the fall story differs a bit from the movie but the movie still follows it for the most part. Somehow the stories are more grim in the book version and both of these movies are pretty dark so that is saying something. I think this is a book that can be enjoyed very much but it may take awhile to get used to. It did for me but ultimately I am glad I read this. (  ) Thebeautifulsea | Aug 4, 2022 | Si, el libro tiene dos historias mas. Las tenes que leer para llegar a Legends of the Fall. ( ) MissAlandra | Jan 17, 2022 |
 The story’s narrative voice is arbitrary and godlike, always very distant but by turns lyrical and essayistic, superbly telling instead of showing... Not so much world-weary as cosmically tired, Harrison’s storytelling is sometimes hushed and sometime sonorous, rolling out on waves of complicated syntax that are averse to commas. This tale of brothers has so much on its mind that the author’s choice of the compact novella form seems almost perverse, a kind of stunt. A Tolstoyan view of the world (“There is little to tell of happiness — happiness is only itself, placid, emotionally dormant”) must also make room for “the Cheyenne sense of fatality that what had happened had already happened.” By the time “Legends of the Fall” is finished, it has the reader believing that life is little more than death’s back story. Many “western” stories present love in a straightforward, simple manner. Not “Legends.” Here, we see all sides of the love coin: pure lust, sacrificial love, twisted, dependent love. While each might be momentarily satisfying for the reader and characters, it does not end well. Every single romantic relationship in the story is inherently flawed, save for perhaps Tristan’s brief marriage to Isabel Two... The beautiful old American West, the passionate love scenes, the bond of familial ties—these all mesmerize us yet also, in the end, collude to reveal any person seeking true joy in these things will feel sad and hollow. For all its passion and grit, its love and scenery, “Legends” reminds us not only that we are flawed human beings but that none of the things we seek pleasure from—booze, sex, politics, nature—are ultimately satisfying, at least long-term. “Legends of the Fall” begins: “Late in October 1914 three brothers rode from Choteau, Montana to Calgary, Alberta to enlist in the Great War. . .” In that sentence, Mr. Harrison discloses the method that will enable him to include so much in his novella without having it sound like a synopsis. The opening line establishes both the voice and the manner of the epic storyteller, who deals in great vistas and vast distances. The story will take us through 50 years... In “Legends of the Fall,” the steady, singing, epic voice assures and reassures us that we are hearing‐as the title claims — legend, not reality. In compression, unexpectedly, lies credibility. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Otavan kirjasto (9) Is opgenomen inBevatHeeft de bewerkingIs verkort in
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HTML: From one of America's most versatile and celebrated writers, Legends of the Fall is Jim Harrison's classic trilogy of epic novellas. The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels�??Legends of the Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name�??confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. These absorbing novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when their lives or goals are threatened, adding up to an extraordinary vision of the twentieth-century man. Set in the Rocky Mountains, Legends of the Fall is the epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, exploration, and danger at the beginning of World War I. In Revenge, love causes the course of a man's life to be savagely and irrevocably altered. And in The Man Who Gave Up His Name, a man named Nordstrom is unable to relinquish his consuming obsessions with women, dancing, and food Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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3 stories in this book. The first one, "Revenge" is pretty good and pretty much lives up to its title! It does get a bit sideways when the movie star is involved, but other than that, it's a tale of revenge, which is definitely my cup of tea!
The second one is titled "The Man Who Gave Up His Name" which is a story that I almost gave up reading! Even as I type this, I am unclear what the heck it was about.
The title story was well written, but it meandered quite a bit. And I was finding myself confused by which charter was which, with so many of them having numbers in their names. However, it was super cool to see that "Tomales Bay near Point Reyes" was referenced toward the end of the story, as I live near there, and two weekends ago, I crossed the bay on a kayak with my daughter's Scouts BSA troop! Unfortunately, no sign of Tristan... (