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Bezig met laden... Darknessdoor Bharati Mukherjee
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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. Mukherjee's collection deals with ordeals of a sliding scale of Indian immigrants, some wealthy and privileged, others on the run from law enforcement but most are middle-class. It was illuminating to read as a Canadian, I had no idea the level of violence and racism in Toronto against South Asian people and I truly appreciated the author's unflinching look at these social issues and the charge against Canadian society of allowing others in but never accepting them. The shift between immigrant and visible minority looms large in this work. The only downfall of some of these stories is a sense of psychic distance from the characters. I preferred stories where the perspective was tightly locked onto the characters, such as "Tamurlane" and "A Father," compared with pieces like "Visitors" or "The Lady From Lucknow." I would put my rating down more to my own stylistic preferences than as a true measure of the work and I look forward to reading more of Mukherjee's writing in the future. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Twelve stories of immigrants who navigate the ancestral past of India as they remake their lives--and themselves--in North America. These are stories of fluid and broken identities, discarded languages and deities, and the attempt to create bonds with a new community against the ever-present fear of failure and betrayal. "The narrative of immigration," Bharati Mukherjee once wrote, "is the epic narrative of this millennium." Her stories and novels brilliantly add to that ongoing saga. In the story "The Lady from Lucknow," a woman is pushed to the limit while wanting nothing more than to fit in. In "Hindus," characters discover that breaking away from a culture has deep and unexpected costs. In "A Father," the clash of cultures leads a man to an act of terrible violence. "How could he tell these bright, mocking women," Mukherjee writes, "that in the darkness, he sensed invisible presences: gods and snakes frolicked in the master bedroom, little white sparks of cosmic static crackled up the legs of his pajamas. Something was out there in the dark, something that could invent accidents and coincidences to remind mortals that even in Detroit they were no more than mortal." There is light in these stories as well. The collection's closing story, "Courtly Vision," brings to life the world within a Mughal miniature painting and describes a light charged with excitement to discover the immense intimacy of darkness. Readers will also discover that excitement, and the many gradations of darkness and light, throughout these pages from the mind of a master storyteller. Darkness is part of Godine's Nonpareil series: celebrating the joy of discovery with books bound to be classics. 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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