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Bezig met laden... Chien-Loupdoor Serge Joncour
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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. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. It's difficult for me to judge a translated work because I don't necessarily know which aspects are inherent to the original text. In this case I was definitely conscious the entire time that I was reading a translation -- in many places it felt clunky and occasionally even incomprehensible. (That's not to suggest it's all bad. There were also some really beautiful moments in the text, eg "They paced nervously up and down in a sort of symmetrical dance, the choreography of famished beasts.") I also felt that the story itself was rather repetitive. I love a good slow burn (and I also like unlikable characters!), but just because the action is taking a long time to build doesn't mean I need to hear the characters' motivations repeated endlessly. I almost think this story might work better as a slow film, where strategic silence could be used effectively in place of such circular storytelling. The plot itself had a strong appeal for me and I would like to find a copy in the original French to see the difference.Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. characters are bland, it's extremely repetitive, and the chapters in the modern era specifically are tedious to get through. the prose itself is very dry, which just doesn’t work in this sort of thriller/horror novel. it definitely had some good ideas and set pieces, but just never came together as a novel so i quit at page 232. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. This started out promising, but quickly devolved. First, it seemed like the main character switched (or at least wasn't established well). I thought the protagonist was the wife, but it ended up being the husband. The husband was unlikeable in so many ways and the story's progression made little sense. How quickly the protagonist devolved just didn't make sense. You'd think it took place over the course of months, but I'm pretty sure it was literally days (for the contemporary arc of the story). The ending was so rushed too - it just seems it wasn't planned out for both the past and present storyline. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. This was not the book for me, but it might be the book for you. The descriptions of Orcieres were amazing, but I found the characters, especially Franck, to have no likeable characteristics. I found the story of Wolfgang and Josephine to be slightly more interesting than that of Franck and Lise. If you like a book that moves along at a leisurely pace and alternates between two time periods, this might be a book to consider. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
[A] deservedly award-studded delight Strong Words Magazine 'A smart, scathing and bleakly funny cross of folk horror, satire and historical fiction' Toronto Star 'Reads like a modern fairy tale'New York Journal of Books 'Eerie and sensual' The Guardian 'So original, so beautifully done, and sinister and savage. I didn't want it to end' Chris Whitaker Franck and Lise, a French couple in the film industry, rent a cottage in the quiet hills of the French Lot to get away from the stresses of modern life. In this remote corner of the world, there is no phone signal. A mysterious dog emerges, looking for a new master. Ghosts of a dark past run wild in these hills, where a German lion tamer took refuge in the First World War ... Franck and Lise are confronted with nature at its most brutal. And they are about to discover that man and beast have more in common than they think. A literary sensation in France, Wild Dog is a dark, menacing tale of isolation, human nature and the infinite savagery of the wild. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Deelnemer aan LibraryThing Vroege RecensentenSerge Joncour's boek Wild Dog was beschikbaar via LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)843.914Literature French French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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There is quite a bit of buildup on both stories, as jealousy, meat shortages, WWI, and unexpected love occur in the first and the evolution of the man from town-dwelling-cellphone-wielding producer to cunning adversary in the second. There are some beautiful descriptions and interesting perspectives on how people reacted to the Great War early on in a small village and interesting perspectives on Lise and Franck’s marriage and what motivates each in the isolation of the house on the hill. I couldn’t imagine how each story would resolve, which kept me reading although there was such detail and focus that it had to be read with deliberation and a slow pace in order to fully appreciate the nuances. ( )