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Bezig met laden... Virgil Wander (2018)door Leif Enger
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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.  hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |    ) GordonPrescottWiener | Aug 24, 2023 |  ) cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 | When it comes to master storytellers Leif ranks at the top of the list. Similar to Richard Russo, he engages the reader with his remarkable characters who in and of themselves are unique. A fan of small town stories, it's rare to have such an array of memorable scenes in each chapter. I immediately fell in love with his word smithing and found myself immersed in the story world often for hours on end. His unique characters include Virgil Wander, a city clerk and owner of a failing movie theater, a teen boy that surfs Lake Superior, and a Nordic kite builder among others. Virgil gives us hope, reminds us of our humanity and spins a tale that's worthy of the Pulitzer. Of all my favorites, this story took me by surprise and rose quickly to the top of my list! ( ) Jonathan5 | Feb 20, 2023 |  ) bangerlm | Jan 18, 2023 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious localsâ??from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgil's oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) master storytell Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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While I can't remember any details now, I do remember that I very much enjoyed Enger's book "Peace Like A River" so I was excited to finally get this one from my library. I wasn't disappointed - the whole book felt to me like being snuggled under a blanket while sitting in my favorite chair even when I wasn't. It was just a pleasure.
There are lots of quirky characters and a slow moving, somewhat dreamy plot but more than anything it just felt good to live in Virgil Wander's world for a bit instead of in the real world of 2019 that seems to be just non-stop bad news.
If you need lots of action this is probably not your book. If you think you might enjoy flying a kite on a winter afternoon or staying up late to secretly watch Butch Cassidy on the big screen in an old school vintage movie theater, you'll probably enjoy this as much as I did.
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