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Bezig met laden... Alien Stories (2021)door E. C. Osondu
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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. Bit of a mixed bag, this. There were some fine stories here, mostly the ones about the immigration experience. There were also some very interesting takes on late capitalism and how that intersects with poverty and race in the USA and Africa (presumably Nigeria, but where in Africa is not normally stated). I liked Alien Enactors, the faint horror of Memory Store, the sad reality of Traveler and Debriefing, and the sharply satirical Focus Group. Most of the rest I could take or leave. My main complaints were that many of the stories didn't really have a point. When they did have a point it was often obvious and rather artless. There were lots of things left unsaid, presumably an attempt to use subtlety but it felt like early versions of the stories before the scary bits or funny bits or the killer twists were written in. Half of the stories here I would have rejected if I was editor, saying 'good start, but it needs more!' Also, these stories are full of stupid women, bad women, manipulative women, hypocritical women, women who are funny because they're old, and women whose only point in the plot is to have been abused. I don't know whether the author is male or female or other, but they should have a think about that. All in all though E. can write, has some good ideas, but maybe needs some polish. ( )geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"A vital voice in the short story, telling us new truths with deep humanity." -George Saunders Celebrated Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu delivers a short-story collection of nimble dexterity and startling originality in his BOA Short Fiction Prize-winningAlien Stories. These eighteen startling stories, each centered around an encounter with the unexpected, explore what it means to be an alien. With a nod to the dual meaning ofalien as both foreigner and extraterrestrial, Osondu turns familiar science-fiction tropes and immigration narratives on their heads, blending one with the other to call forth a whirlwind of otherness. With wry observations about society and human nature, in shifting landscapes from Africa to America to outer space and back again,Alien Stories breaks down the concept of foreignness to reveal what unites us all as 'aliens' within a complex and interconnected universe. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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