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Laddar... The Astonishing Color of After (utgåvan 2019)av Emily X. R. Pan (Författare)
VerksinformationThe Astonishing Color of After av Emily X. R. Pan
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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. I read the whole thing in a Saturday afternoon, it was very different from what I normally read and I enjoyed that it wasn't predictable at all. I liked how normal and real the characters were, and the emotions and hardships they experienced. ( ) I would give this book four and a half stars. Exquisite writing, and an excellent look at depression and suicide. Oddly, though, the main character, Leigh Sanders, was not entirely clearly formed, in my opinion. While some of that fuzziness was due to her sleep deprivation, guilt, and grief, I sometimes felt more like I was in the middle of someone’s bad acid trip. Terrific debut work and I will definitely look forward to more work from Ms. Pan. Contemporary fiction with mystical components about a teenage girl struggling in the aftermath of her mother’s suicide. Protagonist Leigh Chen Sanders is visited by an unusual bird that she believes to be her mother or her mother’s spirit. The bird plays a role in Leigh and her father traveling to Taipei to visit her maternal grandparents, whom she has never met since her mother had been estranged from her parents for two decades. The novel delves into some weighty topics such as suicide, depression, guilt, dysfunctional family relationships, and identity. Though set in Taipei, the structure involves flashbacks, multiple timelines, and recall of memories. This is a tricky structure, and the author pulls it off admirably. The characters are believable, flawed but likeable, and well-developed. This book is written in a fluid and lyrical style. I particularly liked the author’s descriptions of the sights, sounds, customs, spirituality, and food of Taiwan. It imparted a strong sense of the Taiwanese culture, which is an important part of Leigh’s search for identity. This is the third book I’ve read this year that employs synesthesia (not sure if this is a trend or coincidence), in this case seeing colors when other senses are stimulated. I felt the author used these colors in combination with elements of the supernatural in order to diffuse the intensity of the subject matter. To me, this book is a representation of Leigh’s personal journey toward acceptance. Metaphors are plentiful and it requires the suspension of disbelief in order to fully appreciate it. I wish it had not included the teen friend/more than friend relationship with Axel, as I felt it detracted from the more substantive material. Overall, this book shows how family relationships, art, and love can aid healing. I found it a compassionate exploration of grief and recommend it, although not immediately after experiencing a loss. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML:A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng. Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love. "Emily X.R. Pan's brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. This is a very special book."??John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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