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Bezig met laden... The China Factory: Stories (editie 2012)door Mary Costello
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This is a writer unafraid of the graveside, or the bedside, of filling the space of the story to the brim. Large events happen in small lives - people die, for a start, they fall in and out of love, they have children and affairs. The slow leaking of love out of a relationship is described in particular and terrible banality, as Costello's characters move about their ordinary rooms. There is a kind of immaculate suburban sadness in many of these tales.Costello's characters are lonely, especially when they are in a relationship. This loneliness is almost precious; it is certainly made sweeter by infidelity. Sexual betrayal is a recurring theme, not just as escape, but as transcendence.Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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And yet... Alice Munro she isn't...but Mary Costello definitely has something very special, and her stories do remind me of Munro's in their unflinching sparseness. They are beautiful...but often utterly desolate, full of loneliness and isolation hiding amidst daily life. Another thing I enjoyed here was the extent to which these stories are so deeply rooted in Ireland; Dublin is the big, faraway city, and there is the constant pull of the green hills and ocean of the west of Ireland.
Costello hasn't published anything else so far, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for more. ( )