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Bezig met laden... The Honey Farm: A Noveldoor Harriet Alida Lye
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The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia knows how to breathe life back into her farm: offer it as an artists' colony with free room, board, and "life experience" in exchange for backbreaking labor. Silvia, a wide-eyed graduate and would-be poet, and Ibrahim, a painter distracted by constant inspiration, are drawn to Cynthia's offer, and soon, to each other. But something lies beneath the surface. The Edenic farm is plagued by events that strike Silvia as ominous: taps run red, scalps itch with lice, frogs swarm the pond. One by one, the other residents leave. As summer tenses into autumn, Cynthia's shadowed past is revealed and Silvia becomes increasingly paralyzed by doubt. Building to a shocking conclusion, The Honey Farm announces the arrival of a bold new voice and offers a thrilling portrait of creation and possession in the natural world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The farm's isolation is total, and only compounded by the fact that Silvia views this as her opportunity to truly discover herself and divorce herself from her parents and her religion. Ibrahim, while important, seems to barely be a character, painting and keeping himself separate from the others even as he falls in love with Silvia. While I would have liked a little more interaction in between all the various guests and Silvia, it lends to her isolation that she never really warms up to them. She's sad when they leave, but it doesn't really affect her.
Cynthia is the true mystery of the novel - aloof (except for Silvia), business-like, and humorless, you never really understand why she wanted people to come out to the farm (yes she needed help, but she didn't seem to be happy they were there and didn't really engage with them) or why she's so interested in Silvia.
Religion and dread both suffuse the novel, lending it a slightly dreamy and dry quality. Silvia's drifting away from the Christianity that so defined her life, and feels guilty about this, and so begins to see the ominous atmosphere as some kind of punishment. Her isolation (from her parents, from the other workers, even from Ibrahim) only allows her to fall deeper into these delusions, until she can't separate out her guilt from random occurrences.
Regarding the ending:
The book is the honey farm, and everything that happens within it. The only non-farm parts are in the beginning when we're introduced to Silvia and Ibrahim - there's never anything else described happening off the farm. Do we really need to see Silvia checked in to the hopsital and recovering?