

Ladataan... Other Voices, Other Rooms (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 1948; vuoden 1994 painos)– tekijä: Truman Capote (Tekijä)
Teoksen tarkat tiedotOther Voices, Other Rooms (tekijä: Truman Capote) (1948)
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Books Read in 2014 (62) 1940s (34) Southern Fiction (48) » 16 lisää 20th Century Literature (416) A Novel Cure (234) Best LGBT Fiction (83) Want to Read (10) First Novels (192) Best Gothic Fiction (38) Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Prose as thick and tangled as a kudzu vine and Gothic to the point of being grotesque – this is one of the most complex and evocative novels I’ve ever read. As a seminal coming-of-age story...meh. Capote clearly has a knack for description, and some of his paragraphs are downright breathtaking. But in this story I found myself caring less and less about Joel as he discovers himself. Which probably wasn't the intent of the author. Ho letto più volte che la traduzione di quest'edizione non è impeccabile, mi auguro non al punto da non riconoscere lo stesso romanzo se letto in lingua originale. Comunque si tratta di un romanzo particolare, non ne ho letti molti così, di solito non mi sono congeniali, preferisco le trame più comprensibili, le scritture più fluide e i finali meno nebbiosi. Ho apprezzato però la poesia di questo testo e vorrei quindi citare alcuni espressioni che ho trovato molto belle: "l'istante di pietrificata violenza" "l'ombra triangolare di uno stormo di corvi tagliò il cielo" "Come al solito, lontana a cogliere i fiorellini azzurri dell'oblio." "In alto, una luna impallidiva come una pietra che affonda nell'acqua." "Quella notte il sonno fu come un nemico." "Il mattino era come una lavagna pulita pronta per qualsiasi futuro." Mi sono piaciuti anche alcuni pensieri e il modo in cui sono resi, entrambi quelli che riporto nelle note sono presi da discorsi di Randolph. Ricorderò questo romanzo come qualcosa di indefinito, sfuggevole e duro. Perché anche in questo romanzo, come in Colazione da Tiffany, io sento una grande sofferenza, sento dolore, sento la fatica di vivere, la paura, il non avere un posto dove stare, la ricerca di un'oasi, di un appoggio, d'amore. Il personaggio di Zoo mi ha fatto quasi piangere. Ma c'è in questo romanzo qualcuno che sta bene? Capote's first published book, a southern gothic tale. The writing is very descriptive - every element from the weather to the plants in the garden, and, of course the characters - evoke something sinister in the world in which young Joel Knox finds himself. There are many symbols, too, that contribute to the darkness - dreams and mirrors. While racial differences certainly play a role in the story, it is a minor one. The dominant themes are courage and trust. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Published when Truman Capote was only twenty-three years old, Other Voices, Other Rooms is a literary touchstone of the mid-twentieth century. In this semiautobiographical coming-of-age novel, thirteen-year-old Joel Knox, after losing his mother, is sent from New Orleans to live with the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at Skully's Landing, the decaying mansion in rural Alabama, his father is nowhere to be found. Instead, Joel meets his morose stepmother, Amy, eccentric Cousin Randolph, and a defiant little girl named Idabel, who soon offers Joel the love and approval he seeks. Fueled by a world-weariness that belied Capote's tender age, this novel tempers its themes of waylaid hopes and lost innocence with an appreciation for small pleasures and the colorful language of its time and place. This new edition, featuring an enlightening Introduction by John Berendt, offers readers a fresh look at Capote's emerging brilliance as a writer of protean power and effortless grace. Book jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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What it lacks in realism and clarity, it almost makes up for in the poetry and symbolism. The story is a combination of coming of age and longing for a sense of belonging. It explores complex themes which today still balance on the borderline of taboo. Not my favorite book, but being so short, it’s worth picking up to form your own opinion. Four stars.