Ian Holding
Författare till Unfeeling
Om författaren
Verk av Ian Holding
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1978
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Zimbabwe
- Bostadsorter
- Harare, Zimbabwe (birthplace)
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Very bland first part that is more commentary and documentary style... but stick to it like it was a required reading book in LIT class because the reading experience will become profound. It is a window into someplace we all need to be exposed to; whether you take anything away from it is entirely up to you.
Beautiful, challenging and surprising novel comprised of two interrelated stories, one about a nameless man enslaved by a gang and another about a teacher getting ready to leave his country during a period of extreme civil unrest and disintegration. The two stories came together in a way that really surprised and delighted me. It's a difficult and rewarding book.
strongly written showing a love of the African landscape. Novel captures the moral and socially complex issues of the farning community in africa. Davey comes back to Edenfiled to avenge his parents murder that he had witnessed.
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Statistik
- Verk
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 121
- Popularitet
- #164,307
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 6
- ISBN
- 17
- Språk
- 1
Set in post-apocalyptic Africa, Of Beasts and Beings follows a kidnapped and ransomed scavenger and a schoolteacher as they deal with their surroundings -- horrifying and uncomfortable. Their stories explore oppression, violence, race, and how those all play into people's experiences and ownership over their own stories.
There's a lot to be said about the ending of this book, and how the scavenger and the school teacher are connected... and with good reason, because jeez, I thought I knew where the story was going but I had no idea.
But what really pulled me into the book was the writing style. The prose is beautiful and horrible at once. I have never before encountered descriptions that I found so gorgeous and compelling and uncomfortable at once. Definitely recommended.… (mer)