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Ladataan... Sweet Desserts (1988)Tekijä: Lucy Ellmann
   - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.  LSPopovich | Apr 8, 2020 | 
The story of two sisters, one the narrator and indexer of the book. The index includes such self-memos as, ‘Boyfriends, Franny’s hand-me-down. see less of’ and, ‘Divorce, cut your losses and go to Las Vegas’. It may be taken as a (comic) extension of the text rather than a locational adjunct. It is ‘a guide not to the overt topics but to its subtext and its personal connotations. The main events and characters are not indexed. There are entries with comments but without page-numbers: “Washing-machine, forget it”; entries with no direct reference to the text at all: “Metamorphosis, see Kafka” (no entry under Kafka); and such teasing efforts as “Oyster, the only mention of an, 36”. The index is more entertainment than use. Palkinnot
Suzy Schwarz has learnt one or two things about life- other people know how you should live better than you do; sisters (especially Fran) can destroy your sanity and self-esteem; lust calls for careful timing because it rarely coincides with that of your partner; and most heartbreaking of all, parents die on you, leaving you grieving. The only thing that provides constant solace when times are bad (and they usually are) is food. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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This was her debut, and is less scathing, more touching, but no less readable. So far, my ranking is:
1. Dot in the Universe
2. Varying Degrees of Hopelessness
3. Sweet Desserts
All of them have pluses and minuses. This one was the most like Joy Williams. Flashes of insight abound in this day-to-day recounting of the narrator's struggles in marriage, motherhood, and the inconsistencies of everyday exertions. The incessant men "making passes" at the narrator is either wishful thinking or a feminist agenda. Either way, it's humorous. The dark dalliances are interspersed with brilliant, quirky and unexpectedly heartfelt observations on everything from Art History to baking.
The disappointments in love, the post-modern psyche out sessions, the fixations and cruelty of language, friends and strangers makes for entertaining reading in the vein of Tao Lin. Ellmann is clearly head and shoulders (and torso and hips and groin) above most practitioners of Realism working today.
A charming first novel. She has not yet taken the gloves off, but she is still ferocious. (