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Bezig met laden... Oracles and Miracles (editie 1988)door Stevan Eldred-Grigg
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A BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL 'FICTION' NOVEL ABOUT TWO WORKING CLASS SISTERS GROWING UP IN CHRISTCHURCH IN THE 1930S AND 1940S. FAG AND GINNIE LOOK AT THEIR LIVES, DESCRIBING THEIR FAMILY LIFE, THEIR SCHOOLING, THEIR FANTASIES (A STRONG ELEMENT IN THE BOOK IS ITS EVOCATION OF THE POPULAR WORKING CLASS CULTURE OF THE TIME). FAG AND GINNIE ARE IN FACT THE AUTHOR'S OWN MOTHER AND SISTER, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT REVEALED IN THE BOOK ELDRED-GRIGG HAS TAKEN THE RESULTS OF MANY HOURS OF DISCUSSION AND TURNED IT INTO A RICH, FASCINATING, SUPERBLY EXECUTED NOVEL, IN WHICH THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS COME ALIVE AND THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF 1930 AND 1940. ORACLES AND MIRACLES IS THE FIRST NOVEL OF ITS KIND TO BE PUBLISHED IN NZ AN ORIGINAL PENETRATING BOOK WHICH IS SURE TO PROVOKE OTHER WRITERS TO PURSUE A SIMILAR PATH. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's the story of the relationship between twins - and to a lesser degree that of their mother - and how their choices (if one can say being made to leave school is a choice) has made them so different in their adult life to such a degree that one does wonder if they really could be twins.
The first impression of the mothers character isn't believable - however upon reflection and having met two women like her in my life perhaps she should have been cast as a 'wicked stepmother' - she is so abrubt and common!
Most of the scenes one can 'picture' however several others just should have been left out. (