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Bezig met laden... Homebodydoor Orson Scott Card
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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. This science-fiction book turned out to be a love story--and that didn't detract from it at all. It is set in Greensboro, NC (!) which was amusingly familiar and filled with construction detail that only a builder/craftsman can know (Card did that kind of work for a time, the librarian at NE told me). It was a joy and a pleasure to read. I would recommend this book to someone who enjoys a good, not too terribly heavy read. Don Lark es un virtuoso artesano que puede arreglar todo lo que toca, pero cuya alma está irreparablemente rota. Después de haber vivido una tragedia de la que pocos podrían recuperarse, comenzó a buscar viejas casas venidas abajo y se dedicó a comprarlas, restaurarlas y venderlas, dando así a esas cáscaras vacías la segunda oportunidad que se negaba a sí mismo. Entonces, en una tranquila ciudad del sur de Estados Unidos, Lark se encuentra con su mayor desafío: una mansión destartalada pero con buenos cimientos que ha sufrido décadas de maltrato a manos de caseros avariciosos e inquilinos de paso. Cuando empieza a trabajar en ella, dos excéntricas vecinas le ofrecen sus deliciosos platos y algo más: serias advertencias acerca del malvado pasado de la casa. Pero hay algo en este edificio que empuja a Lark a continuar, a pesar de que su encanto se vuelve cada vez más ominoso. ¿Conseguirá terminar la restauración de la casa y redimirse con ello, o desencadenará sobre sí mismo las oscuras fuerzas de la maldición? Damaged Houses A master craftsman, Don Lark could fix everything except what mattered, his own soul. After tragedy claimed the one thing he loved, he began looking for dilapidated houses to buy, renovate, and resell at a profit, giving these empty shells the second chance at life he denied himself. Damaged Souls Then in a quiet Southern town, Lark finds his biggest challenge: a squalid yet sturdy mansion that has suffered decades of abuse at the hands of greedy landlords and transient tenants. While two charming old neighbor ladies ply him with delicious cooking, they offer dire warnings about the house's evil past. But there is something about this building that pushes Lark on, even as its enchantments grow increasingly ominous. Will finishing the house offer Lark redemption, or unleash the darkest forces of damnation upon him? Normally a reader of adventurous SciFi I was quite pleased at the smoothness of Card as he drew me into a story that never really got "exciting" until almost 2 thirds through the book: when you're expecting excitement it would be easy to kiss off the story of a guy who just lost his family and is buying a house to fix up and sell and starts to get romantically involved with his realtor and discovers that she has family issues, etc. The plot is well laid out and progresses smoothly "almost" into fantasy...until it jumps feet first into the fantastical. The only weakness I found involved my inability to emotionally accept the love interest at the end...but that may just be me. I recommend this book for the non-scifi readers for not being heavily "strange". geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
From a beloved and bestselling master of speculative fiction comes this chilling tale of a soulful loner who must overcome demons from his past -- and the demons he unwittingly unleashes -- when he starts renovating a faded Southern mansion. As Homebody eloquently proves, no contemporary writer outshines Orson Scott Card in crafting unlikely heroes or in suffusing the everyday world with an otherworldly glow. Don Lark's cheery name belies his tragic past. When his alcoholic ex-wife killed their daughter in a car wreck, he retreated from the sort of settled, sociable lifestyle one takes for granted. Only the prospect of putting a roof over other people's heads seems to comfort Lark, and he goes from town to town, looking for dilapidated houses he can buy, restore and resell at a profit. In Greensboro, North Carolina, Lark finds his biggest challenge yet -- a huge, sturdy, gorgeous shell that's suffered almost a century of abuse at the hands of greedy landlords and transient tenants. As he sinks his teeth into this new project, Lark's new neighborhood starts to work its charms on him. He strikes up a romance with the wry real estate agent who sold him the house. His neighbors, two charming, chatty old ladies, ply him endlessly with delicious Southern cooking. Even Sylvie, the squatter Lark was once desperate to evict from the old house, is now growing on him. But when Lark unearths an old tunnel in the cellar, the house's enchantments start to turn ominous. Sylvie turns cantankerous, even dangerous. There's still a steady supply of food from next door, but it now comes laced with increasingly passionate pleas for Lark to vacate the house at once. In short, everybody seems to want to get rid of him. Whether this is for his own good or theirs, Lark digs in his heels for reasons even he's not sure of. He embarks on a struggle for his life -- and his friends'-- against a house with a past even more tragic than his own. If Lark wins, he gets the kind of home and community he's always dreamed of. If he loses, all is lost.... 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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Orson Scott Card's Lost Boys to this day is one of my favorite books. Homebody didn't turn out to be my "type" as it doesn't really fall in the horror category. But it was good and - despite being a bit predictable - it's quite good, and I look forward to even more (non sci-fi) books by this author. ( )