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Bezig met laden... The Mountain Lion (1947)door Jean Stafford
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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. brutal, strange, dark and perverse. an unsettling read full of Jamesian beauty in terms of lucid interiority and masterly point of view shifts, although i couldn't quite abide the very dated racism in the text. ( ) The story revolves about two young persons, Ralph and his sister Molly, from the time they are pre-teens until their late teenage years. Deals with their love-hate relationship, typical of siblings perhaps, as well s their view of their elders. Their mother and their two sisters appear as minor characters that only act as obstructionists. Another major character is their uncle Claude, with whom they get along well sometimes. In the end, Ralph more or less accepts Claude although Molly becomes more and more removed and not willing to open up to Claude, or to Ralph. The story has an unexpected, tragic end. Nonetheless I found it very well written. A worthwhile read in my opinion. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Eight-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother Ralph are inseparable, in league with each other against the stodgy and stupid routines of school and daily life; against their prim mother and prissy older sisters; against the world of authority and perhaps the world itself. One summer they are sent from the genteel Los Angeles suburb that is their home to back-country Colorado, where their uncle Claude has a ranch. There the children encounter an enchanting new world-savage, direct, beautiful, untamed-to which, over the next few years, they will return regularly, enjoying a delicious double life. And yet at the same time this other sphere, about which they are both so passionate, threatens to come between their passionate attachment to each other. Molly dreams of growing up to be a writer, yet clings ever more fiercely to the special world of childhood. Ralph for his part feels the growing challenge, and appeal, of impending manhood. Youth and innocence are hurtling toward a devastating end. 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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