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Bezig met laden... Strange Music (2008)door Laura Fish
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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. This is a powerful story (or three stories within a story) of three women: Elizabeth Barrett (later +Browning), who is confined to her sick bed for most of the book; a field worker in the Jamaican sugar cane estate run by Elizabeth's wayward brother and a servant in the household of the same estate. The stories begin at three different points in time over a 3 year period, and converge. I'm not normally a fan of these kinds of structures, because I think it unsually makes the story unnecessarily complex, but not in this case. It's relatively easy to follow, and builds suspense and makes the story interesting in a way that it wouldn't be if told linearly. The story takes place just after slavery has ended, but the ex-slaves are effectively in the same position. It tells some of the now familiar story of the awfulness and brutality of slavery, especially for women, but I think it does this in a very powerful and personal way, revealing more about the reason the people involved make the choices they do. The voices of the slave/servant women are told in a dialect of English (not pidgin, but something it), but once you get into it, it's not that difficult to follow. The book was long listed for the Orange Prize, and I'm surprised to see that it hasn't been read more by LibraryThing readers. I would highly recommend it ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning is confined to bed, chafing against the restriction of her doctors and writing poetry and fretful letters; while at her family's Jamaican estate Creole housekeeper Kaydian tries to protect her daughter from their predatory master, and a recently freed black slave, Sheba, mourns the loss of her lover. As Elizabeth, a passionate abolitionist, struggles to come to terms with the source of her wealth and privilege both Sheba and Kaydia fight to escape a tragic past which seems ever present. Laura Fish's use of letters excavated from the Barrett archives as well as island dialects result in an extraordinary evocation of the dark side of the 19th-century that is both horrifying and ultimately redeeming. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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