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Bezig met laden... Het verhaal van een huwelijk (2015)door Geir Gulliksen
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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. The Story of a Marriage by Geir Gullliksen should be a story of emotion and reflection; unfortunately, for me, it is not. The book description purports a discussion of gender roles, relationships, and a larger philosophical statement. At the end, I am unsure what exactly this slim volume attempts. I am not even sure my interpretation of the mechanics of the story are correct. I am left with general sadness and much confusion. Perhaps, something is lost in translation. I just don't get it. Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2018/09/the-story-of-marriage.html Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A dramatic portrait of the dissolution of a marriage, written with brutal and lyrical precision, and nominated for the Nordic Prize. Jon, who is losing his wife to another man, is trying to understand what happened to his Great Love, by working, painfully, to see the story from her perspective. It begins as he asks her: "Can you tell me about us?" As he looks to his past and within himself, he begins to question the conventions of masculinity and femininity, understanding himself uncommonly as a man who challenges the male role--he's deeply embedded in family life, and identifies as sensitive, vulnerable, and nurturing. And finally, in an effort to understand how his wife could fall in love with someone else, he attempts an ultimate act of empathy: to tell the story from the other man's point of view, raising crippling questions: Is it possible to have sex without violating oneself or the other? How much of what we think is love is only projection? Is it possible to truly know another person? With prose unsettling in its precision and emotional heft, The Story of a Marriage cracks wide open the familiar story of a failed love, as it turns cliched phrases over and over again until they crumble, revealing a bitter hollowness--or ringing new meanings. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Det gjør vondt å lese om hvordan Jon hele tiden prøver å vise storsinn og være glad på Timmys vegne, samtidig som han går på akkord med sine egne følelser og prøver å undertrykke sjalusien og redselen for å miste henne.
Og Timmy, som lener seg på friheten hun har, synker ubevisst dypere og dypere ned i forelskelsen, og ser ikke at følelsene for Jon blekner gradvis, før det er for sent. Og da er bruddet eneste utvei. Man kan ikke redde et forhold med noen man ikke lenger vil ha. ( )