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Bezig met laden... Making It Up (2005)door Penelope Lively
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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. Good - I enjoyed it. Interesting variation on memoir, to take reality and imbue it with my imaginings How often do you get to mark a book memoir and fiction, and mean it well? Such an interesting premise--exploring paths her life didn't take, and beautifully executed. Also quite interesting if you, like me, love reading fiction but can't quite imagine how one would go about writing it--here's one way. I've been meaning to read Lively for a while, and am excited to think of all the books of hers that are waiting! Lively describes this book as "an exercise in confabulation". Each chapter starts with a key decision that affected the path her life took, and builds a counterfactual story imagining what might have been had things turned out slightly differently. This is a fascinating premise for a book, and it gives her the latitude to showcase many different kinds of writing, some serious, for example the chapter in which her husband is sent to the Korean war before they met, and others humorous, such as the chapter which analyses a dysfunctional group of archaeologists on a dig. As always her prose is a pleasure to read. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Look out for Penelope Lively's new book, The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories. Hailed by critics as a benchmark in a career full of award-winning achievements, Making It Up is Penelope Lively's answer to the oft-asked question, "How much of what you write comes from your own life?" What if Lively hadn't escaped from Egypt, her birthplace, at the outbreak of World War II? What would her life have been like if she'd married someone else? From a hillside in Italy to an archaeological dig, the author explores the stories that could have been hers, fashioning a sublime dance between reality and imagination that confirms her reputation as a singular talent. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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