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Carregando... House of Womende Lynn Freed
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) overlycriticalelisa | Apr 2, 2013 |  This retelling of the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades takes place in post-WWII South Africa, with a former opera diva as the over-protective mother Nalia, (Demeter of the myth) and her precariously inquisitive and disastrously naive daughter Thea ,(as the Persephone of the myth). In order to escape her mother's stifling and mysterious affection she is kidnapped by/elopes with her father's swarthy, enigmatic, and much-older cousin, whose name we don't even learn till after she has born their twin children. Alternately separated from her mother and her children, Thea labors to extract herself from the fathomless secrets that surround every part of her life... Oh my word...it was so lovely in a dark and twisted kind of way, and the only thing that keeps me from rating it five stars is that the narrative becomes somewhat muddy and disjointed in the chapters concerning Nalia--I suppose Freed attempted to do too much with combining Nalia's past in a Nazi concentration camp and elements of the original Greek myth. Not to mention that it's too short, which had been my only qualm with "The Servant's Quarters". But still, "House of Women" is filled with the atmosphere, memorable characterization, and spell-binding prose that will make me read as much of Lynn Freed's work as I can find. Highly recommended! (  ) FutureMrsJoshGroban | Jul 1, 2011 |   JoshSapan | May 29, 2019 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
A dreamy fable of a mother and daughter forced apart, and of their relations with their men. 'The rule is this: I am to pretend that my other life does not exist.' Seventeen year-old Thea lives with her mother Natalia, a bitter and fading diva, in tranquil but tense retreat from the world of men. Raised to know that men are devils, growing up sheltered in their idyllic house, Thea is both fearful and insolent, curious and naive, not sure whether she should feel privileged or stifled by her odd existence. But her innocence is shattered when the Syrian, a rich and powerful cousin of her father to whom she has been promised, walks into her home and her life like a divine power. Plucking her out of her cocoon, he traces his finger across her skin, dresses her in a new bride's finery, and sails her off to his island where she discovers a different kind of imprisonment... Deeply enigmatic, sensous and thrilling, House of Women is a searing story of mothers and daughters, of ties that bind, of prisons we choose to live inside and those chosen for us. It is both a deeply haunting fable and a delightful, enchanting piece of escapism. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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