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Bezig met laden... The Laying On of Hands: Storiesdoor Alan Bennett
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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. I was very pleased with this collection of short stories. Alan Bennett is a delightful and thoughtful writer who pushes the limits of cultural comfort levels with his writing. Although I wasn't quite as enamored with these stories as I have been in the past with "History Boys" and "The Uncommon Reader," I was far from disappointed. If you are already a Bennett fan in search of new material I highly recommend picking this up. If you are new to Bennett and looking for an introduction to his work I highly recommend putting this one on your shelf... but read it *after* "The Uncommon Reader." geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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""The Laying On of Hands" is Bennett at his best in this funny and mischievous satire about a society memorial service for a rather special masseur, who has died at a tragically young age in Peru." "In "Father! Father! Burning Bright" Bennett writes with tragicomic insight about a son's vigil at his father's deathbed, where their lifelong battle continues to the end. With his pared-down and deceptively simple prose style, Bennett unflinchingly describes the random thoughts and haphazard conversations of the family members waiting in the hospital as they face life and death." "In "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet" a podiatrist shows a lonely, unmarried department store clerk that there's more to life than looking after her brother. Part of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Talking Heads series, "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet" was described in the New York Times as both "touching" and "hilarious.""--BOOK JACKET. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Basically I loved it, but the last story didn't connect with me so well.
The Laying On of Hands - This was amusing. The pendulum of emotions. And the fractured perception of everyone we meet; no one sees us fully, just bits and pieces. The ending cracked me up. Talk about irony at its finest!
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet - This was good too. And the reader knows what's going on much sooner than the lady in question. More like a character study. Lovely.
Father! Father! Burning Bright - This I didn't connect with too well. It felt a little disjointed (understandable, I suppose, if one accounts for the state of mind). But it was still interesting.
I should probably warn that nothing much is actually going on.
Overall - TRY IT! ( )