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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. Ironic and funny. ( ) Gli Schwartz è un romanzo di Mattew Sharpe, che fondamentalmente narra di una famiglia ebrea col padre in coma, la madre Lila - che aveva già divorziato da lui - scappata all'Ovest, e due figli adolescenti, Chris sessuomane senza fortuna e Cathy in preda a una conversione mistica verso il cattolicesimo. A loro si aggiungono una serie di comprimari le cui vicende si intrecciano tra di loro e con gli Schwartz, con battute a volte fulminanti e uno spaccato di vita nella provincia dell'Est statunitense. Da menzionare Frank Dial, un giovane afro-americano che scrive un quaderno di tutte le cose che odia. Lo stile è piuttosto particolare, con una serie di capitoli molto brevi, un continuo cambiare di punto di vista a seconda del personaggio che in quel momento è il centro dell'attenzione. Single father, Bernie Schwartz, accidentally mixes two incompatible antidepressants and falls into a coma. His 17 year old son, Chris, and 16 year old daughter, Cathy, are left to cope with life with Dad in the hospital and Mom living at the other end of the country. Chris seems to say whatever he thinks, which lands him in trouble with the school bully, his best friend and his father's doctor. Cathy who is exploring leaving Judaism for Catholicism -- and spirituality more generally -- is also struggling with her feelings for Chris's best friend. This all sounds like a dark time and heavy themes, but the family is so quirky, it is actually pretty light reading. But, every so often, something so honest and real breaks through -- it makes the book worth reading. Loved the ending. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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At a Halloween party that neither Bernie or his two children really want to be at, Bernie collapses and falls into a coma bought on by the accidental combination of two anti-depressants. He emerges from the coma to find his son Chris, the perpetual smart-ass, and his daughter Cathy, a Jewish teen turned self-martyred Catholic, stumbling headlong toward trauma-induced maturity. His ex-wife, his nurse, his nurses's father and his son's best friend are also drawn into the bizarre, frustrating and touching world that surrounds the job of rehabilitating Bernie. The Sleeping Father is about the loss of innocence, the disorientating experience of a second childhood and the nature of love and meaning. But most of all its about the Schwartz's, a singular American family, making their way the best way they know how. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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