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Laddar... Someone Should Pay for Your Painav Franz Nicolay
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. I wish someone would pay for my pain. Specifically, the pain incurred while reading this book. Sorry, that's a cheap shot, but if I hadn't agreed to review this book, there's no way I would have finished it.The different time periods and locations made the story feel both disjointed and repetitive rather than providing career-spanning vignettes of Rudy's life. I got the feeling that Nicolay never really decided what he wanted to write about. Case in point: the first sentence of the back-cover blurb mentions his niece joining him on his travels, but she doesn't actually turn up until page 177 of a 236 page novel. Two stars instead of one due to the accurate description of working life in the touring music industry. ( )Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. Something about the book just didn't work for me; there were parts that were very enjoyable and I liked how Rudy as a character was written, flaws and all, but the plot was a let down to me and the ending far too abrupt. Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. This book is about , Rudy , an aging singer and song writer who once had a cult following , when Ruby was in the heyday of his career he met Ryan , a devoted admirer who became his protégée. Ryan now becomes the admired one and Rudy is thought to be an imitator of him. Ryan tries to help Rudy reestablish himself . Rudy cannot accept this. His niece runs away from home to join Rudy on the road. Rudy is not only confronted with a failing career but family issues, guilt and responsibility. It was a hard book to start but was very enjoyable and entertaining after getting into it. I received this book from The Library Thing in exchange for a review Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. Not a huge fan. I found myself just skimming large swaths of the book. I didn't much care for the characters. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay hits the backroads with singer-songwriter Rudy Pauver as he navigates a conflicted relationship with a successful protégé and the unexpected arrival of his spirited young niece. In the doldrums of a career as a cult figure, Rudy has been overshadowed by Ryan Orland, to the point where Rudy is now identified as an imitator of the younger man. Ryan is generous and supportive, but Rudy finds it hard to be grateful, especially as a sordid confrontation results in their estrangement. When his sister's daughter, a teenage runaway, turns up asking to join him on the road, Rudy has to come to terms with the limits of his ambition and the nature of his obligation to family. Someone Should Pay for Your Pain is an exploration of the nature of creativity and popular success; artistic and ethical influence; the pathos of the middle-aged artist; changing standards of sexual morality; and guilt and penance in a post-religious society. Reading group guide available to download from publisher's website. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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