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Bezig met laden... The Thin Place (2006)door Kathryn Davis
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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.   ) Overgaard | Nov 2, 2022 |   ) Charon07 | Jul 16, 2021 | I love this book. (Marmite, too. Not sure if that means anything ...) I love the beautiful prose, and sharp descriptions. I love the omniscient point of view, in which (among others, and in no particular order) people, dogs, beavers, carp, a moose and (memorably) lichen on a stone are given their say. I love the sharp insights into human nature. I love the slow burn. I love the misdirection. For what it's worth, this is one that I will cheerfully read again, and again and again. Don't know about you. What do you think of Marmite? ( ) maura853 | Jul 11, 2021 |  )1  terrencejerome | Feb 20, 2020 |  )1 Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
 The Thin Place remains the first book I’ll recommend to adventurous readers interested in checking out Davis’ work. I can be an impatient reader when I sense a writer is being obscure for obscurity’s sake, but Davis has an oddly humble approach for someone whose work is so ambitious. She only wants you to understand how stupendous creation is, as well as all the works of human ingenuity and passion. I spotted lines from Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, but there’s probably a lot more I missed. Perhaps if she were more grandiose (or, let’s face it, male) she’d have a large following of fanboys intent on decoding her every allusion and device, like Thomas Pynchon’s. As it is, she has a devout but tiny band of admirers. Join us. When was the last time you read something truly lovely? And not only lovely, by which I mean pleasing to the imagination and the mind’s eye, but funny, too? Think about it—funny and exquisitely lovely. Now hold onto those two qualities and add these to the mix: fiercely intelligent, spiritual, and thought-provoking. OnderscheidingenErelijsten
The prize-winning author of Versailles tells the story of a small New England village unsettled by a young girl's unearthly gift. In Varennes, a town near the Canadian border, three girls come across the body of a dead man on the local lake's beach. Two of them run to get help, but twelve-year-old Mees Kipp stays with the body and somehow, inexplicably, brings it back to life. Her mysterious gift is at the center of this haunting and transcendent novel. The Thin Place is the story of these girls, their town, and the worldly and otherworldly forces that come into play there over one summer. Writing at the peak of her powers, Kathryn Davis draws on commonplace forms--police blotters, garden almanacs, Sunday sermons, horoscopes, and diaries--to convey the rich rhythms of life in Varennes. From the ladies in the old-folks' home to trappers, lawyers, teachers, ministers, drug addicts--even the dogs and cats, beavers and bears--she peoples this novel with astonishingly vivid beings. The extraordinary comes to visit an ordinary town. "A delightful, surprise-filled narrative: Davis's best yet."--Kirkus Review(starred review) "Cosmic in her vision, provocative and comic in her storytelling, Kathryn Davis draws on sources as diverse as quantum physics and tales of saints and miracles and makes place a key element in her exploratory fiction."--Booklist (starred review) "Never has Davis' prose seemed more effortless...The Thin Place is a bright, shimmering book."--Chicago Sun-Times 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: (3.46)
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