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Bezig met laden... The Stories of Devil-Girldoor Anya Achtenberg
  
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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. ) Rosereads | Jul 25, 2009 |  The book delivers a strong message, even if it is painful. Thought-provoking and well-written. (  ) nellebabe | Jul 24, 2009 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.The strange lyrical poetic prose was difficult to follow and impossible to connect with. I was completely turned off by the style of writing, grammar, prose and story. Unfortunately, not a book I'd even pass along...it was just not there for me. It looks like it was a better fit for some other reviewers. That's great! I'm glad it has received some positive accolades. ( ) novelnympho | Jul 9, 2009 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.This work is steeped with suppressed emotion and offers a very bleak view of the world. Achtenberg seemed to be intentionally vague on the basics of the story (who, what, where, when and why) but highlighted snatches of the horrible experiences that her protagonist endured. I frequently felt like I was supposed to guess what the character was doing or thinking. The whole book seems to be enveloped in fog and I was constantly casting about trying to figure out what was going on. Overall, Achetenberg seems to have taken the idea of "less is more" a little too far. She needs to flesh out her writing to make it true prose. Devil-Girl is somewhere between poetry and prose and that is a tough place for both reader and writer. ( ) Menagerie | Aug 26, 2008 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. ) littlebear514 | Aug 17, 2008 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Devil-Girl is a storyteller smaller than a stain and larger than life, a mythic figure roaming the globe. Born into Brooklyn housing projects and the nightmares of her immigrant family, she becomes a runaway in the human marketplace of the streets of New York. Accompanied by her sense of outrage and sense of humor, ghosts of the ancestors and her prophetic vision, she moves from silence through rage into deep alliance with the marginalized. "Poignant and fierce, this book is moving, beautifully written, and urgently relevant." "Devil-Girl's stories are all of our stories, all of the 'discarded and demonized', all of us who have had to fight to survive, to fight to tell our truths. Achtenberg's wise survivor, Devil-Girl, is witness and seer, and her words are sustenance. There is much pain in this book, much wisdom, and a kind of beauty that sears itself into memory, a fierce beauty that is as necessary as air. Read this book." -Lisa D. Chave, Author of Destruction Bay; In An Angry Season "Achtenberg is a cutting-edge voice in the literature of the postglobalization age, an era in which we are uprooted geographically and spiritually, and redefining what it means to be home. What a superbly written book Read it and be changed." -Demetria Martinez, Author of Mother Tongue "Stunning and original Powerful 'make it new' language that creates-through the runaway energy and precise detail of the storytelling voice-a disturbing world in all its particularities, only to transcend it by grappling with what's at stake in the larger world." -Stratis Haviaras, Founder and former editor of Harvard Review "An amazing piece of bravura writing Devil-Girl takes us from destitution to seedy glamour as a homeless vulnerable young woman tries to survive the savagery of the streets. Poignant and fierce, this book is moving, beautifully written, and urgently relevant." -Kathleen Spivack, Author, Director: Advanced Writing Workshop Book #1 in the Reflections of America Series Learn about the author at www.AnyaAchtenberg.com Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com an imprint of Loving Healing Press Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Deelnemer aan LibraryThing Vroege RecensentenAnya Achtenberg's boek The Stories of Devil-Girl was beschikbaar via LibraryThing Early Reviewers.  Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (2.97)
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