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Bezig met laden... Ghost Country (1998)door Sara Paretsky
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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. First edition as new While V.I. Warshawski never appears in this book Paretsky isn't straying far from well traveled comfort zones. It's still, Chicago, it's still good guys vs. bad guys, there's still lots of Italian opera arias, there's still strong women, there's a dysfunctional family with a murky history, there are evil corporations, sometimes useful media types, bumbling police, good and bad lawyers, civil rights issues. sometimes helpful doctors, hospitals, University of Chicago professors, the Lake and the beaches, impressionable teenagers, and of course clueless men, etc. One missing element was food. Food does make minimal appearances but there's nothing like major chefs. What makes this book different is it's focus on homeless women with associated mental health issues and a church congregation that has lost it's way. Homeless characters abound. They are all women of various backgrounds. While some of them have had kids no families seem to be mixed in with them, and no males other than pimps and others that prey upon the women. The least interesting part is the alcoholic, has been diva. Only the impressionable teenagers see past her alcoholism. The most interesting part is the appearance of an out of nowhere homeless woman who only grunts but the diva becomes her translator. The question becomes is she a goddess who can perform miracles for those who believe or is she a charlatan wreaking havoc. There's lots of illusions to Jesus which is heightened by her being murdered by the unbelieving congregation incensed when their grape juice used for communion is replaced with real wine offending their teetotaling traditions. Then her body disappears from the morgue. Sound familiar? While I would have liked to see Paretsky get out of her comfort zones it is an interesting book. The weakest part is the use of characters as signifying groups. There is too much identity politics for me, characters were too one dimensional We've waited a long time for a new Paretsky. But, I was really waiting for a new V.I.Warshawski. This new book is not only NOT a Warshawski, it's not a mystery either. I'm not even sure how to describe it. There's a fallen opera diva, and her homeless friends and a strange family that is so fractured that dysfunctional doesn't even start to do it justice. The book is an interesting book to read. I'm ready for another V.I. Warshawski. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Serie Piper (2988) Prijzen
Fantasy.
Fiction.
HTML:Sara Paretsky's genius made Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski a household name. Now the New York Times bestselling author explores an unseen corner of the city she loves. In Ghost Country she has written a parable for the millennium, a powerful, haunting novel of magic and miracles, of four troubled people who meet beneath Chicago's shadowy streetsâ??and of the woman whose mysterious appearance changes all of their lives forever. They come from different worlds and meet at a time of crisis for all of them. Luisa, a drunken diva fallen on hard times, discovers on Chicago's streets a drama greater than any she has experienced onstage. Madeleine, a homeless woman, sees the Virgin Mary's blood seeping through a concrete wall beneath a luxury hotel. Mara, a rebellious adolescent cast out by her wealthy grandfather, becomes the catalyst for a war between the haves and have-nots as she searches among 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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