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Bezig met laden... Bats Out of Hell (1993)door Barry Hannah
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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. Some really boring and overly long stories, which is too bad, since Hannah's best work usually comes through concision. Still, a few great stories mixed in with a lot of fertilizer. Far from his best writing---the man never really made it through the early 80s in terms of his best output. In breaking free of Lish's insane editing, I think Hannah went a little too far into maximalism, where his normally blistering language feels more bloated than electric. ( ) Barry Hannah’s full range of talent is on display in this collection. The stories aren’t all pure masterpieces as in some of the other collections, but there are twenty-three of them and they seem to be a good representation of his short fiction. Many of the stories are about ageing, regret, and unfulfilled potential. “Rat –faced Auntie” tracks a trombone player’s rise, fall, and eventual embracement of the tragedy of his life. “Slow Times in A Long School” is about the failure of and tragedy of popular high school kids that grow old in an unseemly fashion. In “Upstairs, Mona Bayed for Dong” a man and his wife accept inevitable change and growth, helped by love. As always, Hannah is the master of the turn of phrase. A man is considered “unable to swim rightly in his life and times.” An old morphine addict “was fascinated by Guns. He was also a foe of dogs everywhere.” “Bats Out of Hell” is another wonderful collection of Hannah’s short stories. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Love and torment, lunacy and desire, tenderness and war - the stories in Bats Out of Hell provide a brilliant, dazzling odyssey into American life. A man is possessed by the spirit of an eighteenth-century noblewoman every time he plays chess; a crippled boy yearns for brotherhood; dreaming and spinning lies to one another, a group of old men wait for death. No one but Barry Hannah could create this vivid world - and explore the nature of lust, captivity, and love in marriage. Barry Hannah's reputation as a master of the short story, first established in 1978 with the publication of Airships, is magnified in this volatile, long-awaited collection of new stories. Astonishing in range and in portrayal of the human heart, these fierce and radar-perfect stories give us individuals in whom hilarity and pain combine with true and startling clarity. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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