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Bezig met laden... The Museum of Words: a memoir of language, writing, and mortalitydoor Georgia Blain
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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. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. This book was a tremendous disappointment. I was expecting more on language and writing, but rec'd mostly lamentation about her and her mother's illnesses. Not to make light of what the author went through, but I don't want to read about the trials of losing one's mind. I found it self-centered, depressing and not uplifting at all. I totally understand the desire to write about your tribulations, especially when facing death, but I don't need to read about it. Even the included photos were lame! This is one of those rare books that I just couldn't finish...this has only happened once before that I can remember. It just wasn't worth the effort. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. I originally listed this book on Library Thing as a biography. And in the beginning, it sounded exactly like an illness memoir, which did not fit with the title: The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality. The author gradually made this book about Philology: the study of words; or rather the loss of the ability to find the right words from the brains of her mother, her friend and herself. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. I received this book as an early reviewer. It wasn't what I expected, which was a deeper discussion of language and words. It's a memoir of a woman dying of a brain cancer that damaged her relationship to words. In an unimaginable coincidence, her mother and best friend are also dying of diseases that damage their ability to use words. It is a moving memoir, well-written, however, I think if one were familiar with this Australian author and her previous writing, one would find it even more engrossing. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. Georgia Blain's death is a painful end to confront, but this book is offered, both by her and by her husband, who helped send it into the world, as a parting gift. Blain writes honestly, cleanly, almost surgically, about her life and her family, and this particular memoir of illness and dying is memorable for her insights into how we make language and what that means in terms of how we create our sense of self, as well as for the strange circumstance of her mother and a close friend also at the same time facing their ends, which lends urgency to a meditation on meaning itself. I wasn't aware of Blain as an author previously, but this book has made me want to read her work.geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In late 2015, Georgia Blain was diagnosed with a tumour sitting right in the language centre of her brain. Prior to this, Georgia's only warning had been a niggling sense that her speech was slightly awry. She ignored it, and on a bright spring day, as she was mowing the lawn, she collapsed on a bed of blossoms, blood frothing at her mouth. Waking up to find herself in the back of an ambulance being rushed to hospital, she tries to answer questions, but is unable to speak. After the shock of a bleak prognosis and a long, gruelling treatment schedule, she immediately turns to writing to rebuild her language and herself. At the same time, her mother, Anne Deveson, moves into a nursing home with Alzheimer's; weeks earlier, her best friend and mentor had been diagnosed with the same brain tumour. All three of them are writers, with language at the core of their being. The Museum of Wordsis a meditation on writing, reading, first words and last words, picking up thread after thread as it builds on each story to become a much larger narrative. This idiosyncratic and deeply personal memoir is a writer's take on how language shapes us, and how often we take it for granted -- until we are in danger of losing it. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Deelnemer aan LibraryThing Vroege RecensentenGeorgia Blain's boek The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality was beschikbaar via LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
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It is a superbly written book with an effortless flowing pleasing style.
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