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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. Dysfunctional family dynamics in a family dominated by an abusive mother. I'm enjoying this; there are relationships beyond the family, between her brothers and her ex husband, that go back years and feel true. The story centers on her daughter, abandoned at birth to be raised by the grandmother, At times I almost feel sympathy for the crazy mother. But now that I've finished I feel like I've missed something. Maybe it was just because of the rave review in the preface - I liked it but it wasn't that great. paru en 1976 - Laura, fille de la veuve, se prépare à un dîner où elle est invitée avec quelques autres personnes, à la veille de son départ. Une mère tout puissante, qui a de l'emprise sur son entourage, se dessine peu à peu dans le récit. Un lieu très confiné, l'hôtel où la mère et la fille se rencontrent avant le repas. Récit subtil et cruel, très froid inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Ingår i förlagsserienGallimard, Folio (5220)
On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Laura's timid, brow-beaten daughter from a previous marriage; Carlos, Laura's flamboyant and charming brother; and Peter Rice, a melancholy editor whom Laura hasn't seen for over a year. But what begins as a bon voyage party soon parlays into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. From the hotel room to the tony restaurant to which the five embark, Laura presides over the escalating innuendo and hostility with imperial cruelty, for she is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, has died of a heart attack that morning. A novel as intense as it is unerringly observed, The Widow's Children is another revelation of the storyteller's art from the incomparable Paula Fox. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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I didn't "get" it, in that wonderful way that I sometimes don't "get" a poem but still appreciate its beauty. ( )