Sir E. J. Drury II
Auteur van A Different Kind of Sentinel
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Drury, Eaudore James, II
- Geboortedatum
- 1947-03-31
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Opleiding
- Mehlville Senior High School
- Beroepen
- Building Inspector
- Organisaties
- Veterans for Peace
- Korte biografie
- Sir E. J. didn't stumble upon his true vocation as a writer, until late in life. Severely handicapped by an alcoholic stepfather, he set off on a crusade in search of the very soul he had lost to this ogre. Having found a close facsimile of her, out in nature, years later, he married her and began to raise a family. And so did he try his hand at various occupations, ever in search of the one that would satisfy the ache inside his heart. Only after an injury to his back had severely limited the field of possibilities, did he turn inward for guidance. There he finally heard the call to write.
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- Werken
- 1
- Leden
- 11
- Populariteit
- #857,862
- Waardering
- 1.8
- Besprekingen
- 5
- ISBNs
- 2
Drury's taal is te doorwrocht en gecompliceerd en daar ligt voor mij het probleem met dit boek: het is moeilijk om door te dringen in het verhaal, je blijf als het ware drijven op de overvloed aan woorden en opgezwollen war/beeldtaal. Jammer, want de premisse van dit boek is absoluut veelbelovend. Na vijftig bladzijden hield ik het echter voor bekeken: mijn brein was moegelezen en had dringend behoefte aan een siësta.
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There are books that you better just lay down and try again later. This book is one of those. Man, this was a difficult read!
In this autobiography Drury tells us about his experiences once he decided that the navy was not his thing after all, but the army proved to be a big machine that is not easy to get away from.
Drury's langauge is too complex and that is my problem with the book: it is difficult to get to the point of the story, you keep floating around on the excess amount of words and swollen imagery and speech. More's the pity because the idea behind the book was absolutely promising. After fifty pages however I put the book down again: my brain was tired and urgently needed a rest.… (meer)