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Carregando... Astrid and Veronika (2006)de Linda Olsson
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Para enfrentarse en soledad a una pérdida reciente, Veronika, una joven escritora, se instala en una casita de campo en una zona boscosa del interior de Suecia. En ese enclave donde reinan la paz y el silencio, su único contacto con el mundo es Astrid, una mujer taciturna que habita la única casa de los alrededores y con quien apenas intercambia un saludo de vez en cuando. En apariencia, las dos mujeres tienen poco en común: Veronika ronda la treintena, ha recorrido medio mundo y ahora busca la reclusión; Astrid, por el contrario, es anciana, nunca ha salido de su pueblo y no tiene quien la visite. Y sin embargo, a partir de una circunstancia imprevista, ambas inician una frágil relación que, a medida que el invierno deja paso a la primavera, va creando entre ellas un espacio de intimidad que les permite hablar de su pasado y sus recuerdos. Con la llegada de las primeras fresas silvestres, los secretos que atormentan a cada una de ellas saldrán a la luz, y su profunda y sincera amistad dará nuevo sentido a sus vidas. ''July 1942, Vastra Sangeby, Dalarna, Sweden When the sun dipped behind the wall of trees, we lay down and the white night swallowed us. It has been night ever since.'' Two women find each other in the middle of nowhere, in the heart of the Swedish countryside as spring turns to summer. Divided by age but united in sorrow, Veronika and Astrud begin to unburden their souls as the midnight sun paints Nature in luminous, tender colours until winter comes again, signalling a new beginning. ‘’The grey weather prevailed. It was as if time stood still. It didn’t snow, but nor was there any sun. Invisible crows cowed in an otherwise silent world.’’ The countryside provides the ideal scenery for Olsson’s story to unfold. The unpredictable weather, the silence, the nightly sky, the moose and the owls, the firs and the paths, the sun reflecting its healing rays across the open fields. It is as if Mother Nature is standing still, waiting for the words that need to be spoken and heard. The confessions, the pain of the past, the doubts of the future. As the birch trees murmur to each other, the two women of Olsson’s beautiful tale start shaking old feathers. ‘’Kom, satt dig ned till mig, jag skall beratta dig om mina sorger, vi skola tala med varandra om hemlighteter. Come, sit by me, and I shall tell you all my sorrows; we shall talk to each other about secrets.’’ We experience early spring days and nights. Serene summer evenings. Uncertain autumn afternoons. The bitter cold of winter. We are witnesses of confessions about motherhood and womanhood. About loneliness and voluntary isolation, about dreams born and thwarted. About Life’s cruel tendency to alter everything in the blink of an eye when we’re left alone to pick up the broken pieces. And the silence of the Swedish summer makes their words travel far, entering our hearts. ''Limu, limu lima Dear God let the sun shine over mountains so blue over maidens so small who wander the woods in summertime.'' Astrid commits a shocking act that goes against everything that is sacred. Veronika experiences a terrible loss at a time when life seemed an eternal summer. The two women have looked upon the terrible face of Death and their world has fallen apart. However, the power of companionship, the instinct of the human soul to survive and the relationship between the Person and Nature have the power to heal the wounds. When winter arrives, it carries the promise of a clean start. And this novel will give you the strength to go on in the darkest of times… ‘’...for the day is you, and the light is you, the sun is you, and all the beautiful, beautiful awaiting life is you.’’ My reviews can also be found on https://theopinionatedreaderblog.wordpress.com/ I only remember bits and pieces of this book, but for some reason, it's stayed with me since I read it 7 years ago. I vividly remember spending my hour long lunch breaks, lying on a blanket in Judy Garland Park, reading, people watching, napping. It's just one of those books that's lingered in my mind since then. Also, I tried to figure out the title for on and off for years until I finally thought to look in my transaction archive on PaperBackSwap. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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HTML:"Readers of Anne Tyler and Jodi Picoult will appreciate the lyrical prose and expert rendering of the themes of heartbreakk and loss."â??Booklist An unforgettable novel about friendship, love and loss. With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olssonâ??s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronikaâ??s life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss, and a story that will remain with readers long after the charactersâ?? secrets a Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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