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Bezig met laden... Fraternitydoor Juan Díaz Canales
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"New Fraternity, Indiana, 1863. An experimental utopia shelters itself from the Civil War that rages across the young nation. Built on the twin ideals of equality and individuality, this simple colony finds itself on the brink of failure, waking old demons both literal and metaphorical. The discovery of a feral child living in the woods gives rise to legendary fears of a devil sent to punish the town for its sinful ways. But could it be that their punishment will come unknowingly by their own hands? A haunting tale of hubris and humanity..."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)741.5946The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics Collections European Spanish; PortugueseWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.5)
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Next day update: OK, since this still had the power to stir my brain—a lot—this morning, I’m bumping up my rating.
I’ve been thinking about the monster—why is it there? What is it a metaphor for? The god they abandoned? The depth of understanding and harmony with the natural world that most of them never achieved? I’m not sure.
One thing that was nagging at me was whether or not they developed enough the idea that a utopian society will always fail, that there’s something flawed about humanity that kept the experimental community like the one in the book—and the real one it was based on—from working. Maybe they did a better job than I originally thought. They had characters who represented the focus on pure philosophy and characters who represented a focus purely on the physical, and these two groups could never come to terms or balance. And maybe that’s the point.
Who knows? I could be way off, but since this book gave me a little exercise for my brain, I appreciated it, grim as it was. I liked the glimmer of hope at the end, but it will take some more mulling to decipher what it means. Maybe that Emile was closer to enlightenment than anyone else. (