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Carregando... The Torturer's Apprentice: Storiesde John Biguenet
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  Gold_Gato | Sep 16, 2013 |  I don't much like short stories, but I started to read the first one and was hooked. I can't say that I enjoyed every one but some stand out in my mind, the title story, the Torturer's Apprentice and Vulgar Soul are two. And Never Come Up, an unusual story about story-telling was one of the best. I am Not a Jew is not about religion but a simply told tale of how so much of life is a straight choice, an either/or and that you should careful when you choose because even if the choice implies no action, you may be definined by it forever, and not in a good way. (  ) Petra.Xs | Apr 2, 2013 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
This brilliant collection of tales has marked John Biguenet out as one of the rising stars of American literature. Powerful, moving and elegant, they cover every aspect of the human condition from tales of the family to those of the macabre... In 'The Open Curtain', a man achieves intimacy with his family only when he recognizes - watching them dine as he sits in his car at the curb - that he lives in a household of strangers. Menaced by a gang of skinheads in a Jewish cemetery, an American tourist in Germany placates the Neo-Nazis with a formula he continues to repeat even after he is safely back home in 'I Am Not a Jew'. And as for love, it makes demands in such stories as 'Do Me' that shake our very notions of what it means to love. If these stories engage the world in sometimes shocking ways, they are eloquent in their prose, surprising in their plotting, sly in their humour. Such mastery of craft is impressive, and whether it seeks to amuse or move, each story in THE TORTURER'S APPRENTICE has the power and style to affect the reader to the very core... Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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My favorite was the last story, NEVER COME UP, which was ghostly and enthralling. Ducks and whiskey haunted my dreams that night. The first story, about a modern stigmatic, was okay but just left me hanging there, not sure where to go.
All in all, a decent read, and I appreciate the author's focus on the otherworldly land that is the flood basin of New Orleans and the Delta.
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