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S'està carregant… Driftless (edició 2009)de David Rhodes (Autor)
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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. Using small-town life to explore the boundaries of identity and community is hardly a new concept, but I found this story to be sympathetic and insightful, with some piercing moments and beautiful language. I chose this book only because the driftless occupies a somewhat mythical patch of my mental landscape. I knew that had nothing to do with the actual story, but I chose it anyway. Wow, when I started reading this the first chapter showed serious promise, but then it started seriously drift all over the place. I nearly stopped reading it. But kept going. I am glad I did the story starts to come together about half way through. A small town in southwestern Wisconsin, and it quirky citizens, and how they are all bound together. This isn’t an exciting book but it is a well written book and has a interesting number of things to learn from it if you are patient. Words is a tiny town in the middle of the Driftless area of southwest Wisconsin, a place where the glaciers didn't move through and flatten the land. The inhabitants of Words represent varying degrees of drift themselves; some seem to be wandering through live without an anchor, while others are very firmly tied to the land and the local way of life. I loved this novel, both for the beautifully drawn characters and how their stories all come together in different ways, and for the lovely rendition of this area of Wisconsin. Having grown up on a farm and also having lived in the Driftless for nearly a decade, I can attest that Rhodes' depiction of farm life, life in SW Wisconsin, and the people who inhabit the two is 100% accurate and lovingly told. I have only a couple of very minor quibbles: there's one character whom I can't stand and so the sections of the book focused on her were not to my taste, and there were bits here and there that seems to drag and could have used some editing. Otherwise, though, a fantastic novel. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Pertany a aquestes sèriesJuly Montgomery (2)
Driftless is an unforgettable story of contemporary life in rural America. Words, Wisconsin, home to a few hundred people yet absent from state maps, comes richly to life by way of an extraordinary cast of characters. Among them, a middle-aged couple guards the family farm from the medacious schemes of their milk cooperative; a lifelong invalid finds herself crippled by her resentment of and her affectin for her sister; a wmoan of conflicting impulses and pastor of the local Friends Church stumbles upon an enlightenment she never expected; a cantankerous retiree discovers a cougar living in his haymow, haunting him like a childhood memory; and a former drifter forever alters the ties that bind a community together. At once intimate and funny, wise and generous, Driftless makes the triumphant return of a significant American writer. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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There are perhaps a dozen or more fascinating folks that populate this story of a tiny rural community, and David Rhodes makes sure you come to know them all intimately. There is comedy here and there is also tragedy. This is storytelling at its very best. My very highest recommendation.
- Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER ( )