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Bezig met laden... Thirtyfourdoor Esther Garber
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After her mother breaks her neck, falling down a marble staircase, Esther goes to Paris. Amoral, (perhaps justifiably) paranoid, Esther is a survivor, but on her first night in a city made of river and rain, she is seduced by the elusive and phantasmal Julie d'Ouest. Though previously often raped and manhandled, never before has the jaundiced Esther known sexual pleasure. What can she do, but set off in pursuit of this demon lover, across a landscape mazed with all the helpers and hinderers of a mythic quest. Yet, as the narrative unfolds, threading between England, France before the wars, and Egypt apparently at the turn of the century, the text seems flavoured with anachronisms, discrepancies. Is Esther, writing from a later, modern era, (under the eye of her put-upon sister, Anna) letting her memory play tricks on her? Is the world of her recollection real - or is it a game, a dream, an escape from illness and frustration; the land of What-might-have-been. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This short book is from the perspective of the fictional Esther Garber, who's also one of the purported authors of Lee's 'Disturbed by Her Song.' Here, we're immediately introduced to a young Esther, who, disturbed by her mother's dramatic death, runs away to what may be 1930's Paris. After some unpleasant experiences, which she accepts in an oddly detached manner, she agrees to see a sexual client who turns out to be an alluring woman, Julie, dressed as a man. Esther's previously-unrealized desires are woken, and she insists on pursuing the elusive Julie past all reason.
As the story progresses, it is revealed that the story of the young Esther is being told by the elderly, infirm Esther of later days... and that her memories are unreliable at best and likely delusional in many respects. However, truth may come wrapped in seeming lies.
This work reminded me quite a bit in tone and feel of Anais Nin's 'Delta of Venus' and 'Little Birds,' and in part, may have been inspired by such writing. (