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Bezig met laden... Finding Carusodoor Kim Barnes
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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. If you choose to read this book start with chapter 2. The description of animal abuse in chaper 1 is horrid. The rest of the book was managable, but it is not one I would suggest others read. ( ) Enjoyable read of 17 year old whose family was disfunctional and poor who follows his brother to small town Idaho where he is restless, trying to grow up and figure out life. He meets and falls in love with a women twice his age who awakes more than the sexual side of him, but the affair is bittersweet with secrets and complexity. Written somewhat in the style of Norman MacLean and James Lee Burke with an unsettling somewhat dismal view of life. Within the first two chapters of Finding Caruso I found myself calling Kim Barnes a favorite author. Despite the fact that the first chapter started off raw and violent; as shocking as a bucket of ice cold language, I loved the way she described the landscape, the emotion, the family structure. A mother timid and protective, a father despairing and drunken, brothers bound by love and loyalty. After a tragedy the brothers make their way to Idaho. Music is what keeps them going, but brotherly blood is what saves them. It's also the bittersweet tale of sibling rivalry. One brother being the older, better looking, the more talented, the one used to getting everything while the other looks on, burning with jealousy, brimming with pride. But, what happens when the tides turn and baby brother gets a stroke of luck, wins out?
When two newly orphaned brothers named Hope leave their poor Oklahoma home to seek their fortune in the late 1950s, it's the crooning voice of, Lee, that secures them a livelihood in isolated Snake Junction, Idaho. A stunningly dramatic and tensely erotic novel of sexual and moral awakening and sheer survival. Lee packs the roadhouse with adoring fans every night, while Buddy, who should be in high school, spends his days exalting in the grandeur of nature until he meets Irene, a sexy older woman. Irene captivates Buddy body and soul, but life won't make way for these mismatched lovers once a white woman drowns in the river and an Indian man is unfairly accused of her death. Buddy is forced to face the cruel consequences of family betrayals, racial hatred, and thwarted love. --Donna Seaman
Kim Barnes is an award-winning memoirist and a poet whose works have appeared in many literary magazines. In Finding Caruso, she creates an unforgettable novel of two brothers and the complex ties that bind them. Alternately dark and violent, heartbreaking and tender, it is a coming-of-age tale that is both timeless and contemporary. 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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