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Bezig met laden... Broken Peopledoor Sam Lansky
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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. This memoir like novel finds a new angle to tackle self-loathing. At times it reads like a self-help book but with enough drama to make it entertaining medicine. The writing is excellent with good use of metaphors and observations. The use of a weekend get-away to let a Shaiman cure him is a mixed bag of acceptance by the reader. But Lansky pulls the ending off with brilliant gusto. ( ) Featured in a blog post at https://booksbeyondbinaries.blog/2020/04/13/changing-of-the-seasons/ First this book is mainly about the characters and recalling memories. There is no plot. I found Sam, tiring. I could not sympathize with him. He has been searching with help from drugs and finds a shaman at a wellness retreat who promises to help him. Its not the gay aspect of his lifestyle that bothers me, its just the personality of Sam and so many beautiful, white people. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parade, Library Journal, Harper's Bazaar and more "Profound and affecting."--Chloe Benjamin "Broken People leads us through the winds of time and memory to offer a riveting portrait of transformation. I am better for having read it."--Jamie Lee Curtis A groundbreaking, incandescent debut novel about coming to grips with the past and ourselves, for fans of Sally Rooney, Hanya Yanagihara and Garth Greenwell "He fixes everything that's wrong with you in three days." This is what hooks Sam when he first overhears it at a fancy dinner party in the Hollywood hills: the story of a globe-trotting shaman who claims to perform "open-soul surgery" on emotionally damaged people. For neurotic, depressed Sam, new to Los Angeles after his life in New York imploded, the possibility of total transformation is utterly tantalizing. He's desperate for something to believe in, and the shaman--who promises ancient rituals, plant medicine and encounters with the divine--seems convincing, enough for Sam to sign up for a weekend under his care. But are the great spirits the shaman says he's summoning real at all? Or are the ghosts in Sam's memory more powerful than any magic? At turns tender and acid, funny and wise, Broken People is a journey into the nature of truth and fiction--a story of discovering hope amid cynicism, intimacy within chaos and peace in our own skin. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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