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Ladataan... Herra Mackenzien jälkeen (1931)Tekijä: Jean Rhys
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I love a thin book because it's nice to read a book in one sitting. I found my Penguin copy second-hand in a local bookshop. Having enjoyed the Wide Sagasso Sea, I was curious about what else Jean Rhys would write. However, having just put After Leaving Mr Mackenzie down, I'm feeling a bit bleak. There no joy in this book. I didn't much like the protagonist, Julia Martin or care much what happened to her. I don't think Jean Rhys liked her much either or anyone else. All the characters appear to be locked into their particular conditions of need. Julia bares the consequences of her need no less than her sister Nora or indeed, the powerful but flawed males for whom Julia is a kind of catalyst for their weaknesses. Just as in Anna Karenina Tolstoy sees into the character's thoughts and shows how these thoughts differ from actual actions and speech, Jean Rhys's omniscience makes everyone seem almost helpless. Only Miss Wyatt appears to be able to exert some control. In spite of the bleakness, Jean Rhys's succinct but caustic powers of observation can make you look away from the page in awe:
A beautiful woman who is young can get men to take care of her. What happens to a beautiful woman when she loses her looks and self-confidence? Unless you're married, and/or have money, you can become desperate and depressed. You begin to think about what the rest of your life will be like. Will you find someone to love you? How will you go on finding money to stay in the horrid boarding houses? ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants - love. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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A strange, lonely, forceful novel, entirely in line with Rhys' canon. Julia Martin, the novel's central character, is a sort of down-at-heel Lily Bart, the heroine from Wharton's The House of Mirth. A woman reliant on the charity of others, especially men, never quite strong enough to continue on her own but also uncertain if, or how, she could do so anyway. Flitting between a lonely London and a lonely Paris, After Leaving Mr Mackenzie is a study of those lost in the cracks of society, of the kind of cafard found in late 19th century naturalist paintings, and of the slow urban isolation felt, then, especially by women, and now, perhaps, by many more of us? ( )