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Ladataan... The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth Trilogy Book 2) (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2009; vuoden 2009 painos)Tekijä: Jane Gardam (Tekijä)
TeostiedotThe Man in the Wooden Hat (tekijä: Jane Gardam) (2009)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A great follow on from Old Filth. Full of wit and surprises. Enthralling. ( ) Betty Can Jump In this co-quel (is that a word?) to Old Filth we see the marriage of Edward and Elizabeth largely through the eyes of Elizabeth (Betty). I read "Old Filth" first and am not sure how I would have viewed Betty had I first met here here in "Man in the Wooden Hat". Certainly she's admirable here. Coldly lovable. I recommend this novel but feel that "Old Filth" is the better novel. There is a little too much undeserved sentimentality in Wooden Hat. The relationship between Betty and Terry Veneering is a bit understand. But perhaps, like Sir Edward, I'm just a little too old for it all.... I have held off on reviewing this second book in the trilogy until I had finished the third, so as to have a clear view of where it sits in terms of quality and my general level of satisfaction with the narrative. While still an exceptional read - the quality of the authorship guarantees that - this falls shy of Old Filth's knockout punch, the clear masterpiece in the series with an elegant tightness belying the complexity of the Sir Edward Feathers' redemptive arc, and the satisfaction of the well-seasoned stew of related characters by which Last Friends brings an end to Gardam's fictional cycle. I suspect at base my dissatisfaction stems from the character of Betty Feathers, née Macintosh. While both Betty and Edward have secrets in their past, Betty lacks the will and/or the opportunity to reconcile with hers. Old Filth saw Edward Feathers respond to sudden and shocking loss with a somewhat mad road-trip, taking him from disintegration of character to reintegration and reconciliation with his "self" and his past. Betty's similar loss leads to introspection and not a lot else. Is this a reversal of Old Filth's path? He begins fractured and ends mended while Betty begins whole and loses impetus/will/individuality? Perhaps. I would not hesitate to recommend The Man in the Wooden Hat as part of an excellent trilogy and, in the course of writing this review, have raised my rating from 3.5 to 4 stars. Well may my feelings towards Betty be the antithesis of the affection engendered towards Old Filth, but the ability to evoke such a strong emotional response is testament to brilliant writing. I read this even faster than 'Old Fith', maybe too fast. I think in the first book I was slowed down a bit by the complex jumping around of time frames which I really enjoyed. This was more straightforward. Another reviewer observed that this book starts with her marriage so I went and checked and 'Old Filth' starts with Betty dead. I felt more sympathy with Betty than with Edward but maybe just a smidgeon less admiration for the book itself. I shall buy book 3 and put it away for a year, hoping it centers on the women friends and not Veneering or Ross.
On its own, “The Man in the Wooden Hat” is funny and affecting, but read alongside “Old Filth,” it’s remarkable. Gardam has attempted to turn a story inside out without damaging the original narrative’s integrity — moving from black to white without getting stuck with gray. Little here is as it seemed in “Old Filth,” and both books are the richer for it. "While "Old Filth" is principally about the man, his dark boyhood at the mercy of a distant, unfeeling father, with the wife a rather shadowy character in the background, "The Man in the Wooden Hat" fills in her side of the story, in the process revealing itself to be an astute, subtle depiction of marriage, with all its shared experiences and separate secrets." What Gardam is particularly good at – and what made Old Filth so compelling – is creating for her characters façades of complete conventionality, which are then chipped away to reveal strange internal workings. Kuuluu näihin sarjoihinOld Filth (2) Sisältyy tähän:The Old Filth Trilogy (tekijä: Jane Gardam) PalkinnotDistinctions
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern literature. A lyrical novel that recalls his fully lived life, Old Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, a book where life and art merge. And now that beautiful, haunting novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: The Man in the Wooden Hat. Old Filth was Eddie's story. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself. They met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of the late 1940s. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people, the novel is a triumph. The Man in the Wooden Hat is fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power. It will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, Old Filth, so compelling and so thoroughly satisfying.
Tells the story of the fifty-year marriage of barrister Filth and his wife Betty, which is filled with secrets and hidden desires. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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