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Bezig met laden... Een wilde roos (1962)door Iris Murdoch
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Fairly familiar Iris Murdoch English middle-class setting. Various love entanglements, not all of which seem credible. Murdoch has nothing on Chekhov when it comes to a willingness to simply run their course in a way that does not cater in the least to the reader's desire for satisfying resolution. The character I would have taken bets on to undergo a life-altering change, Ann, even after she discovers she was played by her daughter, results in Ann simply acknowledging her mettle....or that her metal is of a very mundane sort and plodding on. The most abstract yet comprehensive observation I can arrive at is that only the characters who are outright manipulators of others seem to have the lease idea what they are about; the rest of the characters from any other perspective but their own, play roles of the unseeing bumbling their way through their own lives. It is such a pleasure to be in the hands of such a brilliant prose writer. On the other hand her characters are a piece of work, every one, and mercilessly depicted, which has me liking all of them less than I probably would if I knew them or had a chance to be inside their heads. It's strange to reach the end of a book and breathe a sigh of relief at my release, yet to be stilled by the dénouement and led to reflect on a resolution that (spoiler?)seems so unsatisfactory and yet on a deeper human level, is probably not. Wonderful Murdoch. Thank you again. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A complex Shakespearean comedy of intertwined relationships, as nine closely linked characters search for love. After his wife's death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect partner. Randall's young daughter, Miranda, is adored by her Australian cousin Penn, but has attachments elsewhere. Her mother Ann has her own private dream, while taking upon herself the strains and pains of all the others. Impelled by affection, lust and illusion, these characters search for love within a tightly woven web. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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