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Ladataan... Men and angels (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 1985; vuoden 1985 painos)Tekijä: Mary Gordon
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. 2092 Men and Angels, by Mary Gordon (read 3 Aug 1987) I almost did not read this 1985 novel because I was so turned off by the language and amorality of the central character in Gordon's novel The Company of women. But I am glad I read this. It was a lot better, even though it had no Catholic aspect, its heroine, Anne Foster, being religion-less. It has a scene where Anne tries to seduce her electrician and he turns her down for moral reasons. Such a rare incident in modern fiction, I really relished it! Anne is a professor's wife, who has Laura as a live-in babysitter. The writing is excellent--a blurb puts Mary Gordon "into the company of William Golding, Bernard Malamud, Walker Percy and Samuel Beckett--the foremost moral novelists of our day." However, there is a lot of fierce introspection, and hopelessly exaggerated feelings, often violent. Fiction apparently cannot be populated by ordinary people with normal sensibilities. But the touch is sure, and very well done. The book was well worth reading, and not repellant like the first novel of Gordon's I read. ( ) näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
With her husband abroad, an art historian employs a devout but difficult nanny, unsettling her domestic life as well as her view of motherhood--and of herself When Anne Foster's husband accepts a yearlong teaching job in France, she decides to resume her own career in art history, which includes cataloging the work of a compelling and long-neglected painter, Caroline Watson. To care for her children, Anne employs the pious Laura Post. Though the young woman is well liked by the children, she rubs Anne the wrong way. Should Anne be more compassionate, or should she behave more like the willful artist--and unapologetically bad mother--she's so fascinated by in Watson? As the discord mounts between Anne and Laura, the need for answers sharpens. Men and Angels is a riveting and refreshingly unsentimental inquiry into motherhood and sacrifice. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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