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S'està carregant… Death of the Black-Haired Girlde Robert Stone
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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. Ugh. Didn't finish. ( ) I am stuck between a 2.5 and 3 on this one and just not moved enough to go the extra star. It was ok- there was a section in the middle where I thought I was on an acid trip (just kidding) because I had no idea what was going on- the author is fond of veiled tangents of which I am not. The remainder was pretty straight forward and an adequate, if formulaic, tale of the possible consequences when fate and circumstance misalign. I have read a couple of Robert Stone novels previously and decided to read this because I thought it would have an interesting plot. Although the book moved along, I found overall it was hard to truly say it was a great book. The were too many characters that had way too much baggage for one novel. By the title , you knew what was going to happen and the final resolution of the plot was just so-so. I still need to read Dog Soldiers by Stone that won a national book award and of course I would try more his books in the future. If you like books that deal with professor/student affairs, Catholic/abortion and alcoholism, then try this book. It was quick read and basically ok. I do know that are lot of better books out there for those with limited time.
What “Black-Haired Girl” does have in common with the rest of Mr. Stone’s work is a fascination with the existential and religious yearnings of the human heart, and with what Melville called Hawthorne’s fascination with the “great power of blackness” rooted in man’s capacity for sin.
Hoping to save his marriage by ending an illicit affair with an incandescent but difficult student, college professor Steven Brookman discovers that the young woman's passions are not easily curtailed and that their relationship has more complicated ramifications than either anticipated. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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