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S'està carregant… A Land More Kind than Home (2012)de Wiley Cash
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. A small southern town, an evangelical nutjob of a preacher with control issues, a marriage on the decline, an aging midwife and a sheriff who see that trouble may be coming, and two young boys who get caught up in the impending tragedy. A little darker than my usual fare, but I loved this novel for its excellent writing and its commentary on the abuses of fanatical religion. Great character studies, too. If I come across more of Cash’s stuff, I’ll very likely pick it up. I like Southern Lit, even took a class on it in college. Picked this one up when I saw the NYTimes bestseller, and "Reads like To Kill a Mockingbird rewritten" - Harper Lee's book is my favorite, but I gave this one a try. A good example of storytelling. Didn't think I would like the changes in perspective in the book (told as three diff main characters) but ended up liking that too!
A church committed to handling poisonous snakes is the catalyst for tragedy in this debut novel. Pastor Carson Chambliss has a small North Carolina congregation in his thrall. He decides that a laying on of hands will cure an autistic boy, but instead his efforts lead to the boy's death. Cash employs three characters as narrators: Jess, the nine-year-old younger brother; Adelaide Lyle, an aged local midwife; and the county sheriff. Jess' narration is limited by his age and innocence. The county sheriff is taciturn, but Adelaide is voluble, a true southern storyteller, and her narration burnishes a compelling sense of rural place.--Gaughan, Thomas Copyright 2010 Booklist PremisDistincionsLlistes notables
Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Hall is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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The book tells the story from the POV of the town sheriff, the little brother of the dead boy, and an elderly woman who is part of the preacher's congregation. Dark, sad, compelling. ( )