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Bezig met laden... By Love Possessed: Storiesdoor Lorna Goodison
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Halfway through Lorna Goodison’s stunning collection By Love Possessed, I realized I was holding my breath. This was partly because of the uniqueness of the subject matter: Jamaicans of various classes and castes, from country and town, passionately in and out of love; and it was partly because of the uniqueness of style: a cool, faintly decorous prose, incorporating a witty, intelligent, idiosyncratic Jamaican language. As a rule, Jamaican patois, broadly deployed, amusingly distances us from the characters. But Goodison’s alchemy of standard and Jamaican English locates us deep within the consciousness of her people. PrijzenErelijsten
This collection of short fiction, inviting readers into a world where people are in turn uplifted and undone by love, includes "The Helpweight," in which an accomplished woman must bear the burden of an old flame's renewed affections when he returns from a life abroad with his Irish bride in tow. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I think this is the first book I have ever read by a Caribbean author, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I loved the fact that these stories paint such a vivid picture of life in Jamaica, from the weather to the food to the patterns of speech. Several of the stories are written in dialect, and the characters' speech patterns vary depending on their level of education. While some of the phrases and spellings were unfamiliar to me, I really felt immersed in the world of these stories. Goodison is also a beautiful writer; she has a talent for conveying a lot of information without ever explicitly saying it. I found the endings of the stories especially impressive because they provide just enough closure without tying everything up too neatly. As with most short story collections, some were better than others, but I can't think of any that I really disliked. (My favorites are the ones I mentioned in the first paragraph.) I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in Jamaican or Caribbean literature!