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Bezig met laden... Certainty (2006)door Madeleine Thien
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At its most essential, Canadian writer Madeleine Thien's resonant, richly textured first novel, Certainty, explores questions of how possible it is to know another person, even a person we love, and how to live with that uncertainty.... Thien's expression is intimate and thoughtful, rather than political; we hear her characters' ruminations almost as our own thoughts. This is the wellspring of our deepening empathy for her characters and of our understanding of their lives. ... In Certainty, Madeleine Thien does not offer certainties, but rather the lines and details, mysteries and reverberations of human life. Although a compelling and thoughtful first novel, Certainty does suffer from an irksome style. At times the text feels overburdened with references to scientific facts and theories ....Thien allows characters to dip once too often into their overflowing banks of childhood memories to slow down the narrative drive. But these are probably just the marks of a first novel. One suspects that Thien's future work will pack an even more devastating emotional punch.
Madeleine Thien's stunning debut novel hauntingly retells a crucial moment in history, through two unforgettable love stories. Gail Lim, a producer of radio documentaries, is haunted by the mystery of her father's Asian past. As a child, Gail's father, Matthew Lim, lived in a Malaysian village occupied by the Japanese. He and his beloved Ani wandered the jungle fringe under the terrifying shadow of war. The war shattered their families, splitting the two apart until a brief reunion years later. Matthew's profound connection to Ani and the life-changing secrets they shared cast a shadow that, later still, Matthew's wife, Clara, desperately sought to understand. Gail's journey to unravel the mystery of her parents' lives takes her to Amsterdam, where she unearths more about this mysterious other woman. But as Gail approaches the truth, Ani's story will bring Gail face-to-face, with the untold mysteries of her own life. Vivid, poignant, and written in understated yet powerful prose, CERTAINTY is a novel about the legacies of loss, the dislocations of war, and the timeless redemption afforded by love. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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