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Laddar... The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) (urspr publ 2012; utgåvan 2012)av Rachel Joyce
VerksinformationHarold Fry och hans osannolika pilgrimsfärd av Rachel Joyce (2012)
  
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  ) anmaka | Mar 24, 2013 | 
 That marvelous note of absurdity tempers the pain that runs beneath this whole novel. Joyce has no interest in mocking Harold; she just describes his quixotic trek in a gentle, matter-of-fact voice, mile after mile. At 65, he’s never walked farther than his own driveway. He has no map, cellphone or change of clothes, and his thin yachting shoes couldn’t be less appropriate for such a journey across England. “Harold would have been the first to admit that there were elements to his plan that were not finely tuned,” Joyce writes. But when the idea of saving Queenie blooms in the fallow soil of his mind, he can’t be stopped. “I will keep walking,” he declares, “and she must keep living.”  Very rarely, you come upon a novel that feels less like a book than a poignant passage of your own life, and the protagonist like an acquaintance who has gently corrected your path. Never mind that the protagonist possesses all the realism of a painted clown and his tale the moral fibre of a fable. Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry starts off in just this way. A rumpled retiree determines to walk 500 miles, believing his hope-filled steps will keep his dying friend alive. The premise seems quaint and predictable, but morphs gracefully into a smart, subtle, funny, painful, weirdly personal novel. The unlikely but lovable hero of Rachel Joyce's remarkable debut novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, doesn't call his walk a pilgrimage. He never even calls it a hike, which would suggest planning, a map and hiking boots, all of which Harold lacks....Pilgrimage, one of the 12 novels just long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Britain's top literary award, is a gentle adventure with an emotional wallop. It's a smart, feel-good story that doesn't feel forced. “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” is not just a book about lost love. It is about all the wonderful everyday things Harold discovers through the mere process of putting one foot in front of the other. “The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other,” ........The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” takes its opening epigraph from John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress.” It takes the stirring spirituality of its ending from Bunyan too. In between Ms. Joyce’s book loosely parallels “The Pilgrim’s Progress” at times, but it is very much a story of present-day courage. She writes about how easily a mousy, domesticated man can get lost and how joyously he can be refound. Joyce slowly reveals what he has to walk away from, and there are some surprises. His progress is measured in memories as well as miles; memories of parents who didn’t want him, and of the early days of his marriage and his only son David’s childhood. There are a few lapses in the story—events and characters that come along at convenient moments—but Joyce captures Harold’s emotions with a tidiness of words that is at times thrilling. It’s a trip worth taking. PriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
En morgon får Harold Fry ett brev ifrån en tidigare kollega, Queenie Hennessy, som berättar att hon är döende i cancer. Harold vill skriva något till Queenie, men vad ska han skriva? Hon har gjort något oerhört fint för honom en gång, men han kan inte minnas riktigt vad. Han skriver några korta rader och säger till sin hustru Maureen att han går med ett brev till närmsta postlåda. Men när Harold kommer till postlådan kan han inte lägga på brevet. Han går vidare till nästa postlåda och nästa efter den. Harold stöter ihop med en ung flicka som berättar om sin faster som drabbats av cancer. Inspirerad av samtalet får Harold idén att han skall promenera hela vägen upp till sjukhuset där Queenie ligger för döden. Promenaden från södra delarna av England till Skottland blir till en resa genom Harolds liv och de många minnena. Här finns glimtar från ett äktenskap som allt mer kommit att bli till en börda för de båda. Här finns det ansträngda förhållandet till sonen David som Harold inte har pratat med på länge. Och Queenie som täckte upp för det Harold gjorde den där kvällen på kontoret, det som hon fick sparken för - men vad hände egentligen? Harold Fry och hans osannolika pilgrimsfärd är en stor och bred berättelse full av humor och vemod. [Publit] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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