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Detalhes da ObraHanna's Daughters de Marianne Fredriksson (1994)
![]() Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. H1.1.5 Sie treffen sich an einem Frühlingstag im örtlichen Gartenzentrum: Inge, eine gebürtige Schwedin, hübsch und kultiviert, eine Frau, die von der Vernunft und ihren eigenen tief verwurzelten moralischen Überzeugungen beherrscht wird; und Mira, eine chilenische Immigrantin, die sich im kalten skandinavischen Norden immer noch fehl am Platz fühlt und viel zu viel Zeit ihres Lebens mit der Suche nach einem Sinn verbracht hat. Voneinander fasziniert, sind die beiden Frauen dennoch misstrauisch gegenüber den großen kulturellen Unterschieden, die ihr Leben zu trennen scheinen. Doch beide sind alleinerziehende Mütter, die sich ihren Kindern widmen, und beide finden Freude und Trost in der Pflanzen- und Blumenzucht - und so beginnen sie gemeinsam, eine enge Bindung zu entwickeln. Während vieler Nachmittage, die sie inmitten der Schönheit von Inges Garten verbracht haben, enthüllt Mira langsam die Schrecken einer überschatteten Vergangenheit und den Herzschmerz ihrer geliebten Tochter. Während Mira und ihre Familie eine erschütternde Entdeckungsreise beginnen, deckt Inge unwissentlich Geheimnisse in ihrem eigenen Leben auf, die sie die Ordnung ihrer Welt in Frage stellen lassen ... und fragt sich, ob die Wahrheit wirklich das ist, was einer von ihnen finden muss -- oder ob es tatsächlich die Wahrheit ist, die sie zerstören wird. Hanna's Daughters is a novel of 3 generations of Swedish women. Hanna, the daughter of peasant family, although raped as a young servant, married an ambitious miller and moved into the country gentry. But as the country moved into the 20th century, the agricultural economy languished, and when Hanna's husband died, the family was forced to move to Goteborg and learn to make their way in the city. Johanna, Hanna's daughter, after a disastrous stint in domestic service with a doctor's family, worked in a delicatessen and joined the Social Democrats as a young woman. She married a dashing young carpenter who took her sailing and bought her a house with a garden. However, it was not until after WWII, when she returned to work, earning her own money, that she felt secure and respected. She had mixed feelings when her daughter Anna went off to university and moved within the bourgeosie, the class she had despised since her youth. Anna supported herself as a writer even after her divorce from her adored, but womanizing, husband. It is Anna who delves into the stories of her mothers and grandmothers, revealing generations of secrets. The summary sounds a bit like a soap opera, and Fredriksson sometimes resorts to stereotypes -- but the novel weaves in a century of Swedish history with a compelling family history. She skillfully navigates different narrative voices as she moves back and forth within the generations. As a fourth-generation Swedish immigrant from families of strong women, I identified with the familial patterns and expectations. It's probably not a book for everyone, but the women in my family loved it. This is a family saga with many twists and turns, one to keep you going. ohanna is dement en ligt op sterven. Haar dochter Anna bezoekt haar en begint zich af te vragen wie haar grootmoeder Hanna was. Omdat Johanna niet meer in staat is antwoord te geven op haar vragen, gaat Anna zelf op zoek.Ze reist door het leven van drie generaties vrouwen die onder zeer verschillende omstandigheden hun positie moeten bevechten. Toch stuiten ze in essentie op dezelfde problemen in hun streven naar zelfstandigheid. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Anna has returned from visiting her mother. Restless and unable to sleep, she wanders through her parents' house, revisiting the scenes of her childhood. In a cupboard drawer, folded and pushed away from sight, she finds a sepia photograph of her grandmother, Hanna, who she remembers as old and forbidding, a silent stranger enveloped in a huge pleated black dress. Now, looking at the features Anna recognises as her own, she realises she is looking at a different woman from the one of her memory. Set against the majestic isolation of the Scandinavian lakes and mountains, this is more than a story of three Swedish women. It is a moving testament of a time forgotten and an epic romance in every sense of the word. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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