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Carregando... FROM THE TEETH OF ANGELS (original: 1994; edição: 1994)de Jonathan Carroll (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. En mitad de sus vacaciones en Cerdeña, Ian McGann conoce a la Muerte en un sueño. Esta promete responderle cualquier pregunta que le formule, pero si él no consigue comprender sus respuestas, tendrá que pagarlo con la vida. En Los Ángeles, el actor Arlen Ford ha dejado de ser feliz. Lo abandona todo y se traslada a Austria, donde encuentra a un apasionado corresponsal de guerra. Desde el principio, Arlen se da cuenta de que se trata del hombre al que ha estado esperando toda la vida. Y en Viena, Wyatt Leonard, enfermo terminal, descubre de repente que posee el poder de resucitar a los muertos. La convergencia de estos tres destinos conforma el núcleo de esta novela audaz y provocativa. From the Teeth of Angels is about Wyatt and Arlen, these two people whose life converge in a rather strange way. Wyatt has leukemia, and he knows that he is close to death. Arlen is a retired movie star living in Vienna. Wyatt has been dragged into a rather strange chain of events wherein Death is virtually stalking him and several of his acquaintances. Given the option to learn or survive, he chooses to learn - he's got nothing else to lose. While From the Teeth of Angels was not quite as profound as some of Carroll's other books (i.e. The Wooden Sea, White Apples, or The Ghost in Love) in terms of its philosophy, it still was rather good. The letters, in particular, were a treat and the structure of the story was rather enjoyable. Carroll knows how to turn a pretty phrase. I'm quite happy that I took the time to read this. He always makes me think. This book almost made me think I was going to love it, but then I didn't. Is it a good book? Probably, but so is Catch-22 and Wating for Godot, and I hate them too for the same reason. All are clever for the sake of being clever. There is some pithy take away that requires lengthy enjoyment for some, but torture for me. There are some books that work this way that I enjoy, but others that tend toward existentialism I just find too tedious. Un chassé-croisé très bien construit de personnages attachants, qui se débattent entre la vie et la mort. La dimension fantastique ne nuit absolument pas à la crédibilité des situations et des parcours des différents héros, mais sert au contraire à faire rebondir l'action dans des directions inattendues. Autour du thème classiques : "Que feriez-vous si l'on vous annonçait que vous alliez mourir ?", le roman explore des pistes alternatives. On dit souvent que c'est la conscience de la mort qui fait de nous des êtres humains ... Et si les choses n'étaient pas aussi simples ? sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Four strangers' lives are turned upside down when death comes for a visit At first it seems like an ordinary dream. Talkative Englishman Ian McGann meets a long-dead acquaintance and asks him questions about the afterlife. But when he awakes, a thick pink scar stretches across his chest. Each subsequent night, as he dreams of death, he asks more questions, understands less, and awakens with increasingly gruesome injuries. When he meets an American traveler in Sardinia and tells him of his experience, the stranger begins having matching dreams--with the same painful results. Across the globe, a former TV icon struggles with leukemia, and a movie star falls in love with an HIV-positive photographer. All are flirting with death, and the more they struggle to understand the mysteries of the afterlife, the more they realize the world is not nearly as simple as they once believed. This ebook contains an all-new introduction by Jonathan Carroll, as well as an exclusive illustrated biography of the author including rare images from his personal collection. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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