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Bezig met laden... Summer of Reckoning (2018)door Marion Brunet
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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.   ) tonavallverdu | Dec 16, 2020 |  No resoloution really (but are there resolutions in life?) but I felt it conjured up the placew and the people very well. (  ) starbox | Oct 1, 2020 | Review of the Bitter Lemon Press english language paperback edition (2020) translated from the French language original "L'Été circulaire" (2018) This leaned heavily on the trashy exploitative side with its youthful lusts, teenage pregnancy, domestic abuse, petty theft, violent racism, worker and immigrant exploitation etc. etc. But I still felt emotionally connected and drawn in by the life of the sisters Jo and Celine and their bond. It is noir in the sense that things do not work out happily for everyone and not all crimes are punished (or even discovered). I read Summer of Reckoning as part of the Borderless Book Club which has been organized by Peirene Press and 7 other UK independent publishers for a 16 week period (May 14 to August 20, 2020) during this current world pandemic situation. It is the successor to the earlier Translated Fiction Online Book Club which was organized for 6 weeks. There is an Autumn 2020 session planned for the Borderless Book Club from September 3 to December 10, 2020 and the planned book selection can be viewed here. Trivia and Link The Summer of Reckoning cover reminded me immediately of the movie poster for Wild Things (1998), which was perhaps an intentional choice by Bitter Lemon Press. (  ) alanteder | Aug 12, 2020 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The story takes place in the suffocating atmosphere of a social housing estate in the south of France. Sixteen-year-old Céline and her sister Jo, fifteen, dream of escaping to somewhere far from their daily routine, far from their surly, alcoholic father and uncaring mother, both struggling to make ends meet. That summer Celine falls pregnant, devastating news that reopens deep family wounds. Those of the mother Severine whose adolescence was destroyed by her early pregnancy and subsequent marriage with Manuel. Those of Manuel, grandson of Spanish immigrants, who takes refuge in alcoholism to escape the open disdain of his in-laws. Faced with Celine's refusal to name the father, Manuel needs a guilty party and Saïd, a childhood friend of the girls and conveniently Arab, seems to fit the role perfectly. In the suffocating heat of summer Manuel embarks on a drunken mission of revenge. A dark and upsetting account of an ailing society, filled with silent and murderous rage. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)843.92Literature French French fiction Modern Period 21st CenturyWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.4)
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