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Laddar... The Book of Flying (urspr publ 2004; utgåvan 2004)av Keith Miller (Författare)
VerksinformationThe Book of Flying av Keith Miller (2004)
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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. This is the tale of Pico, a lonely librarian who goes on a quest to find his wings. There were some disturbing bits, some touching bits, some amusing bits, and some rather sad bits. I liked it a lot. ( ) What might seem like a fairly straightforward quest involving Pico the librarian loving and losing his winged Sisi and going out on a quest to find his own wings or die trying quickly turns into one of the best Story-within-Story books I've read in a long time. Why? Because he's a hopeless poet and a hapless adventurer. He's full of quirky stories told semi-inappropriately, falling in with bandits, having tea with minotaurs, and being lonely in young, vibrant crowds. Falling in love with literary and tightrope-walking whores. And a whole beautiful and disturbing section about eating. :) But more than all this, all the language is lyrical, poetical in instance, structure, and overarching plot. It's about finally earning his wings. And what the hell does that even mean? He doesn't know, either. The book is so damn sad and sweet and it pulls your soul apart. Every character is full of tragedy. Every character is full of love. There's no way I can describe this without just telling you folks to READ IT. You'll know. Deep down. It's one of those works that speak to writers and deep readers of any caliber. The process of the discovery, the reveling in the imagination, the dark recesses, the loving ones, the sheer irrepressible dive into stories, stories, and more stories. How they define us, the stories we own, the stories we steal, the stories we give away, and the stories that are inherited, blown up, or die. I can recommend this book forever and a day if that appeals to you at all. And maybe, after much questing, you too can fly... if you can stomach the cost. :) I probably should have made a better attempt to read this book. The writing is lovely, and the plot is pretty neat. This is a very slow, drift-y book. Some books work very well in that mold, but this one didn't click for me. When the protagonist starts out on an epic quest and then ends up right where he started forty pages later, I have to question some narrative decisions. This book was definitely aiming for a fairytale quality. Like Catherynne M Valente's work, or The Last Unicorn. But it misses, both in terms of character and plot. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
In a city by the sea, Pico, a sad poet, lives in a library nobody comes to. He was born to winged parents but by a fluke of fate is wingless, and now seeks his escape in poems. He is in love with a winged girl, Sisi, and for a time she returns his love, but romance between the winged and the wingless is forbidden. One day Pico discovers an ancient letter in the library, claiming that Paunpaum, the morning town where the flightless may gain their wings, is no myth. The next day, Pico sets off on his journey. Along the way he meets creatures and humans who will have a profound effect on him. Theres the queen of the robbers, who will teach him about lust; the minotaur who guards the bridge Pico must cross; the prostitutes and mad artist in the city of youth; a woman who sells dreams; and a woman of great beauty who, sending her lover to his death, must wander the desert forever, searching for him at the gate of death itself. By the time Pico arrives at the morning town and the school for flying, he has learned to fight and make love, he is scarred, he is a vessel full of stories. This is a book of sorrow, poetry and beauty, completely unique in its executio Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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