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Ladataan... The umbrella club (2009)Tekijä: David Brooks
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During World War 1a friendship is forged on the battlefields of France between Axel and Edward, two young Englishmen. There, inspired by barrage balloons, they develop a mutual fascination that will change the course of their lives. After the war, as Axel's passion for flight and freedom consume him, he sets off to balloon across the highlands of New Albion, a largely unexplored island north of Australia. When he fails to return, Edward travels to the island to solve the mystery of his friend's disappearance and retrace his final journey. What he finds there will haunt him for the rest of his life. The Umbrella Clubis a darkly compelling adventure into the depths of the human soul and to the frontiers of colonial exploration. In the aftermath of war, when there is nothing left to fear, sometimes the only possibility for recovery is flight. Praise for David Brooks' The Fern Tattoo- ' . . . a sense of deliberation and imaginative power imbues his work. Take time for The Fern Tattoo.' Age' . . . a book of extraordinary sensuousness and beauty.'Canberra Times Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Still, ballooning is a captivating idea, and I was hooked as soon as I saw the cover of The Umbrella Club by David Brooks. Brooks is the author of The Fern Tattoo which I read when it was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin in 2008. It seems he has written another beguiling story in The Umbrella Club.
My first reaction to the puns in the opening paragraph was that UQP’s editors had overlooked a risible spelling mistake on the very first page, where (Private) Axel Glover (in the altogether) is holding ‘a copy of His Majesty’s Enlistment Regulations …discretely over his private parts.’ On reflection, perhaps because I could not believe that an unforgivable error of this magnitude could be made in a passage which must have been read and re-read countless times, I decided that this arresting image signals the ambiguity which characterises Brooks’ style. It was chosen, I thought, to make the reader ponder the meaning of that adjective ‘discrete’, to consider the placement of the Regulations, and to recognise that the sight of Glover in all his glory is one that the narrator cherishes. I still think this is a beaut argument for discrete rather than discreet, even though the homophone trips up the author/editor again on p183 where Edward waits ‘discretely‘ in the shadows and no PoMo mental gymnastics can rescue it.
Discrete or discreet, Axel is an exotic creation and from the outset we can see that Edward is captivated:
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2010/01/08/the-umbrella-club-by-david-brooks/ (