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Bezig met laden... The Lonely Hearts Hotel: A Novel (editie 2017)door Heather O'Neill (Auteur), Julia Whelan (Verteller), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
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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. A dark and whimsical love story set in Depression-era Montreal. Nice use of imagery. Plot moves quickly, making it easy to read. Character development is strong but not always logical or consistent. Graphic, violent, and abusive scenes. Will not be enjoyed by people who tend to see in black and white. ( ) What a roller coaster of emotions this book put me through. It was sad, beautiful, imaginative, hopeful, poignant and creative. I truly enjoyed reading this and felt connected to the characters. It has been compared to The Night Circus and I can see the similarities however I did enjoy this one more. Thank you to the Canadian book group for putting me onto this title. A very rewarding read. This is the story of two abandoned orphans, raised in the same orphanage in 1920s Montreal. Rose and Pierrot have a strong bond with each other but life separates them for several years. Well, life and Sister Eloise who lusts after Pierrot and hates Rose. When the find each other again as young adults, they've already been through a lot. Pierrot has been a heroin addict and thief. Rose escaped life as a rich man's mistress to find a job making pornography. But none of that matters to them as they find each other, and a way to fulfill their childhood dream of putting on a circus extravaganza. So, the book is populated with strange characters -- clowns, chorus girls, prostitutes, mobsters. That, and the writing, make the story seem magical at times. But the underside of life is where these people live and work, so there is also a lot of darkness and sadness. I love Heather O'Neill and this book didn't disappoint in terms of her amazing imagination and wonderful characters. The ending is a happy one, but there was so much sadness required to get there..... geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"With echoes of The Night Circus, a spellbinding story about two gifted orphans -in love with each other since they can remember-whose childhood talents allow them to rewrite their future. The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. An unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose economy hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to thwart one's origins. It might also take true love. Two babies are abandoned in a Montreal orphanage in the winter of 1914. Before long, their talents emerge: Pierrot is a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing clown routines, the children fall in love with each other and dream up a plan for the most extraordinary and seductive circus show the world has ever seen. Separated as teenagers, sent off to work as servants during the Great Depression, both descend into the city's underworld, dabbling in sex, drugs and theft in order to survive. But when Rose and Pierrot finally reunite beneath the snowflakes -after years of searching and desperate poverty -the possibilities of their childhood dreams are renewed, and they'll go to extreme lengths to make them come true. Soon, Rose, Pierrot and their troupe of clowns and chorus girls have hit New York, commanding the stage as well as the alleys, and neither the theater nor the underworld will ever look the same. With her musical language and extravagantly realized world, Heather O'Neill enchants us with a novel so magical there is no escaping its spell"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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