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Bezig met laden... Darkness Visible (1979)door William Golding
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Narra la vida de varias personas cuya vida parece estar conectada de alguna manera. Matty, quien apareció en medio de un incendio causado por un ataque a Londres durante la segunda guerra mundial. Sophie, una hermosa mujer que utilizará su belleza para su beneficio y el señor Pedigree, quien por su condición de homosexual sufre del rechazo y la pérdida del orgullo. > Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Golding-Parade-sauvage/202572 > L'un des grands romans anglais du XXe siècle... Incontournable. —Danieljean (Babelio) Not just dark, but utterly miserable. I put the novel down after the first part centred on a naive boy called Matty. Sure, the subject matter is necessarily disturbing. But I could neither identify with the characters, nor appreciate in any depth their difficulties. That said, the metaphorical opening scene, describing the London Blitz in WWII, is well written. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Darkness Visible opens at the height of the London Blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved but hideously scarred, soon tormented at school and at work, Matty becomes a wanderer, a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him, twins as exquisite as they are loveless. Toni dabbles in political violence; Sophy, in sexual tyranny. As Golding weaves their destinies together, his book reveals both the inner and outer darkness of our time. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Certainly the traumatic childhoods of Sophy and Toni contribute to their respective downward spirals into delinquency. [And yet others, who in real life come from scarier circumstances than these two little girls, can go on to accomplishment, achievement and greatness in their adult lives.] Sophy and Toni are both very bright girls; at least metaphorically, the twins resemble Regan and Goneril from Shakespeare's "King Lear", minus Cordelia. Matty chooses his destiny as well; the difference being that I can sympathize with Matty, as he, and his life, has been so literally "scarred" from the beginning. Like Quasimodo, the archetypal "ugly monster" often has the biggest heart. Matty's deformity also makes him stronger than either Sophy or Toni; he is resiliently independent from a very young age. And as reclusive and mysterious as Matty is--I believe him to be compassionate. After reading this book, which contains some "Dickensian" aspects (particularly the character of Mr. Pedigree), in my understanding of the term--I can see why Golding became a Nobel laureate. Not only by means of his intellectual and creative gifts, but also via the empathy and understanding he shows for his characters. All of which Golding is able to elucidate in a prose that is often poetic, and explicit when necessary (surely this was much easier to do in 1979 when this book was published, then it would have been in 1954 when "Lord of the Flies" was published). I am looking forward to reading Golding's second novel, "The Inheritors". There is a lot to be learned from this multi-faceted writer. ( )