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Laddar... The Collected Stories of Amanda Crossav Amanda Cross
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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. These cozy mystery stories are a must read for lovers of literature, those familiar with academia, and those disillusioned with most media portrayals of women. Amanda Cross (aka the accomplished Carolyn Heilbrun) peppers her stories with humor and literary allusions, good-naturedly exposes tensions between successful women and men (as well as successful old women and young women), and subtly undercuts misogynistic, ageist stereotypes throughout her pleasant stories. Her stories are a fresh change from violent or aggressive murder mysteries. Instead they focus on the enigmatic quirks of life that an amateur detective might actually be called upon to (informally and without payment) investigate. Many of the stories seek to resolve familial disruptions via fair-minded and calming methods, and for that reason seem the ultimate cozies. Nevertheless, at times the ideas are cold or provocative. For example, my favorite line is this one, describing why a clearly unlikeable misogynist might shoot the wrong old woman: "If women are all the same in the dark, older women are all the same in the light." Years ago I thought Amanda Cross was the most fascinating of mystery writers. Now I find her work more than a bit heavy-handed, with the political viewpoint overtaking the storyline, which is not a good thing for a mystery. That said, there are a couple of stories in this collection that are worthwhile, but not many. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Amanda Cross is master of the American literary whodunit. In her delicately menacing short fiction, assembled here in one volume, dangerous impulses seize the most unlikely individuals, and everyday existence is fast eclipsed by the bizarre. Among the compelling intrigues: The cold-blooded murder of Mrs. Byron Lloyd, shot dead during a writers' panel discussion . . . the enigma of the nameless toddler who walks out of the bushes one New England summer afternoon . . . the reappearance of a missing Constable drawing just where it can cause the most trouble . . . and other wonderful mysteries, many of which star the incomparable amateur sleuth Kate Fansler. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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But I couldn't help wondering if feminists of her era (and almost mine) always sounded so smug and disparaging of men. Together with a very cultured-pearls kind of diction and economically comfortable settings, the snottiness with which so many of the male antagonists were portrayed grated on my nerves. I don't recall this blatant a sneer in her full-length mysteries. Maybe I wasn't paying attention. ( )