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Laddar... Mr. Thundermug: A Novelav Cornelius Medvei
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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 was a fun little read, but with some intersting ideas/themes adding depth. The comparisons drawn between Thundermug's situation and those of poor, alien or any "other" people are incisive and thought-provoking satire, but infused with enough humor to keep the tone deceptively light. It's an enjoyable read that fools the reader into thinking about real world issues. I don't know about you, but sometimes I need that extra push. ( ) AN entertaining quirky little book. Very short so you read this quickly. But I rather liked it as a first novel. Mr. Thundermug a Baboon can speak the English language. This gets him in a multitude of unusual situations. However, while he can speak he can't read which also causes many problems. I'm not sure really how to explain the story onther than it's unusually entertaining. Continuing this weekend's streak of debut books dealing with "outsiders," I read Cornelius Medvei's novella Mr. Thundermug (HarperCollins) today. The jacket text just about says it all: "Mr Thundermug has a luxuriant mane of silvery hair. Mr Thundermug has an unsettling mastery of speech. Mr Thundermug is a baboon." Presented as a 'case study' written by an unnamed newspaper reporter, this short book treats the life and trials of one Mr. Thundermug, a baboon who has - entirely inexplicably - acquired the ability to speak perfect English and taken up residence with his family in an empty house. Through his journalistic interlocutor, Medvei allegorically slices and dices the shortsightedness of human society, compiling a bizarre litany of bizarre, absurd, but somehow entirely believable baboon-human interactions: visits from Mr Forrest of the Housing Office, a requirement that Mr Thundermug's appropriately inarticulate children attend primary school (that does not turn out well), and finally the arrest and trial of Mr Thundermug for indecent exposure and cruelty to animals (i.e. his family, who, by choice, sleep in the bath). Accompanied by odd, exquisite lithographs credited to Medvei himself, this short little book is intriguing and provocative. It is also quite funny, in that wry English sort of way. I'll certainly be on the lookout for the author's next creation. http://philobiblos.blogspot.com/2007/11/book-review-mr-thundermug.html inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
The charming, funny and whimsical tale of Mr Thundermug, the baboon who miraculously speaks a very proper English. Along with a collection of lithographs, this outlandish tale will take readers by surprise. In a faraway city, a baboon has been found on the side of the street - perhaps not such a remarkable thing in those parts. But the oddity lies not in his being on the pavement, but in his powers of human speech. His English is impeccable, his grammar beyond reproach. As he becomes more and more involved in human affairs, Mr Thundermug, as he comes to be known, finds himself at a loss. What is he to make of his wife and children, who remain firmly rooted in the monkey world, unable to read or write? And what is he to make of humans, who have accused him of cruelty to animals (his wife sleeps in the bath of an old abandoned house) and who reproach him for wandering around naked? In this surreal and touching tale - reminiscent of Edward Gorey - Cornelius Medvei brings us one of the most outlandish and unusual novellas of recent years. His lithographs delightfully illustrate this quirky little oddity. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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