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Ladataan... Milkman (2018)Tekijä: Anna Burns
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Brilliant novel. I loved the narrator's askew view and ironic comic attitude describing her life in what was a warped culture under tremendous pressure at the time from the "political problems" often given the side-eyed glance. Her decision to use depersonalized monikers like "second sister" or "third brother-in-law" or that "country over the water" instead of proper names I quickly got used to and appreciated, as it reflects her efforts to hold the entire twentieth century at ten-foot-pole's length. ( ) (8.5)This is not an easy read, not so much because of the subject matter but because of the style of writing and format. The narrative voice is one long stream of consciousness from 18 year old middle sister. No characters are referred to by name but rather defined by their position in a family or their past actions. Through references to the country across the water and the social circumstances, we realise the setting is Ireland in the 1970's. The young woman has a relationship with maybe boyfriend but is also being stalked by a man known as the Milkman, but not the real milkman. Rumours and gossip abound that she is having an affair with said Milkman, but not the real milkman and yes that is how he and others are referred to throughout. It feels a very long read as the pages are solid text with each chapter being 50-60 pages. I persevered and about the 200-page mark I realised I was caught up in the story, as the tension built and I wanted to see what the outcome would be. A tour de force in style and portrayal, in much the same way as Clockwork Orange. It depicts a slice of Ireland from a window within 'the trouble's, but without ever specifying the locale or timeframe. Entirely told from the viewpoint of the narrator with a consistency of language, tone and view that is uncanny. The 'almost boyfriend', 'we little ones', 'third sister' and 'real milkman' are just a few of the surrogates that stand in for names and relationships but, in the telling, are wonderfully full and wholly consistent with the atmosphere of the book. Anna Burns can write. She puts words together like long strings of DNA. Every word important. Every word with a purpose. So why not five stars. For me it was easy. I felt the book was too long. Writing that I felt was clever and interesting began to feel repetitive. I loved her words. I loved the story but there did come a point where I felt it wasn’t covering any new ground and was ready for the finish line. I will say that I have bought two more books by her. That was how much I like her writing but ultimately this book fell a little short of my expectations.
Als Anna Burns 2018 für ihren Roman Milkman mit dem Man-Booker-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde, tobte das verbissene politische Ringen um eine harte oder grüne EU-Außengrenze zwischen Irland und Nordirland. Burns konnte, als sie mit dem Roman über Belfast in den 1970ern zur Zeit des Nordirlandkonflikts begann, nicht absehen, dass er ein Buch der Stunde würde. Die Angst, dass der EU-Austritt Großbritanniens alte Wunden aufbrechen lassen könnte, ist heute aber noch immer nicht ausgestanden. The day Somebody McSomebody put a gun to my breast and called me a cat and threatened to shoot me was the same day the milkman died,” begins this strange and intriguing novel that tackles the Northern Ireland conflict from the perspective of an 18-year-old girl with no interest in the Troubles...Anna Burns, who was shortlisted for the Orange prize in 2002 with No Bones, which also depicted the Troubles, is excellent at evoking the strange ecosystem that emerges during protracted conflict – “this psycho-political atmosphere, with its rules of allegiance, of tribal identification...What starts out as a study of how things go wrong becomes a study in how things go right, and the green shoots are not the work of the paramilitaries. The narrator of Milkman disrupts the status quo not through being political, heroic or violently opposed, but because she is original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique: different. The same can be said of this book. PalkinnotNotable Lists
On vaarallista olla kiinnostava tässä nimettömässä kaupungissa. Keskimmäinen siskoista salaa todennäköisen poikaystävänsä äidiltä. Tapaamiset Maitomiehen kanssa hän pitää kaikilta pimennossa. Mutta kun ensimmäinen lanko aavistaa hänen salaisuutensa ja huhut alkavat velloa, keskimmäinen sisko muuttuu kiinnostavaksi. Se on pahinta mitä voi tapahtua. Jos on kiinnostava, silloin huomataan, ja jos on huomattu, on vaarassa...Maitomies on tarina juoruista ja kuulopuheista, seksuaalisesta häirinnästä ja vaikenemisesta, joilla on tuhoisat seuraukset.. Romaanin tapahtumat sijoittuvat nimettömään kaupunkiin ja tuntemattomaan aikakauteen, ja kirjan henkilöt ovat tunnistettavissa vain keskinäisistä suhteistaan. Päähenkilö on 18-vuotias keskimmäinen siskoista ja romaanin nimihenkilö, Maitomies, puolisotilaallisiin joukkoihin kuuluva, naista paljon vanhempi mies.Alkuaan pohjoisirlantilainen, nyt jo pitkään Englannissa asunut Anna Burns kirjoitti Maitomies-romaaninsa omien elämänkokemustensa innoittamana. Kirja palkittiin vuonna 2018 tärkeimmällä englanninkieliselle kirjallisuudelle jaettavalla palkinnolla, The Man Booker -palkinnolla. Teos sai myös arvostetun National Book Critics Circle -palkinnon. Kirjaa on verrattu Margaret Atwoodin Orjattaresi-teokseen. [Elib] Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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