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Ladataan... The Incomer (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 1987; vuoden 1987 painos)Tekijä: Margaret Elphinstone
TeostiedotThe Incomer (tekijä: Margaret Elphinstone (Author)) (1987)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Difficult to describe this novel – nothing happens that could be defined as a plot, and characterisation is sketchy, but the evocation of the land is wonderful, reminiscent of how Alan Garner describes Alderley Edge in his novels - lovingly detailed but with an undercurrent of menace - or David Herter’s On the Overgrown Path - nature that exists beyond human comprehension. However the people at the centre of this land are so closed in and uncommunicative it’s impossible to understand what’s meant to be happening. There are lots of cryptic conversations, a fair bit of crying, and a modicum of melodrama but nothing I could point my finger to and say with certainty “This is the meaning of the story”. Notwithstanding, I enjoyed it a lot for the atmosphere and felt completely satisfied at the end. ( ) A re-read of this Women's Press original publication. Lots to like about it - character, setting, world-building. The more poetical bits I didn't like all that much, and the central idea that there is something mystically special about the village at the central of the story wasn't my thing. The bits I was particularly interested in were to do with the gender relations. Early on, there are female characters who are quite secure in turning down advances made by male characters; at the time this is not commented on or marked and I found that rather interesting and positive - an unstressed utopia where gender-based violence just doesn't seem to be in the picture? Nice one! In fact this is built on later and some (narrow, targeted) gender-based violence does happen, in unstated opposition to the earlier scene. Quite nicely done; I kinda wish that opposition wasn't the focus of that part of the book though, really. näyttää 3/3 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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'We are the land. The elements that created the land live in our bodies. We are born, we bring to birth, and we die, and the land takes us. There is no difference. What is done to us is also done to the land, and what is done to the land is the thing which is done to us. There is nothing else.' Naomi, the enigmatic fiddler, arrives in Clachanpluck, bringing her music and the ominous potential of an incomer. Her unexpected arrival enriches this remote forest village even as she disrupts it. This is a story of an all-consuming love of the land; the power of friendship; the seasonal round of creation and death; and the physical thrill of storm and rhythm, fire and candlelight. The impending sense of catastrophe - global and personal - which haunts this world, finally erupts in violence: trust and love are the casualties. The Incomer follows in the tradition of the ballads: fantasy gilds the mundane and the ordinary is made extraordinary. 'A beautifully imagined society with its holistic pantheism and imbued with the sense of the power of music.' The Scotsman 'An immensely satisfying book to read because of its rich symbolism and allegorical qualities.In reading a book such as this with the female re-instated, we realise how much of woman and her psyche has been expunged from Western literature.' Cencrastus Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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