Descrizione
Price: 22,95€ - 17,81 €
(as of Sep 18, 2024 00:09:16 UTC – Details)
Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down. In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.
The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story-about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.
Editore : Faber and Faber; 1° edizione (6 giugno 2024)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina flessibile : 208 pagine
ISBN-10 : 0571377955
ISBN-13 : 978-0571377954
Peso articolo : 214 g
Dimensioni : 13.49 x 1.12 x 21.59 cm
Sundance Girl –
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LFM –
I am really not sure what to make of this book. Is it a novel – where is the âstoryâ? Is it a political script about violrnce to women or art or⦠something? In which case why make it so dense reading? Is it an experimental piece of writing messing with structure of fiction or clever use of language. The writer clearly has exquisite language skills but it ends up being a dense, dull, uninteresting â¦. Nothing. I am aware some give this rave reviews but I found it tedious in the extreme and resent the money I spent to buy its self indulgence.
Michael Schembri –
Much will be familiar to Cusk fansâthe beautiful prose, the rich and layered descriptions in internal processes, and subtle indirect illumination of the building (or deconstruction) of relationships. But this is a more serious, reflective (somber?) work than her others, more densely populated with her perceptive insights (on relationships and human nature) than it is with ironic humor, so much so it merits a slower read. But in the end, it leaves you with a better understanding, and thoughtful reflection of the characters, (possibly of the author), and of yourself.It deals with some heavy topicsâsuicide, domestic abuse, and death. But with her insightful prose sheds clarity and light on these topics, facing them, conversing with them, head on with all their untidy complexity, until their contours reveal themselves.