Essex James từ Leśne Chałupy, Poland

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12/22/2024

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Essex James Sách lại (10)

2019-08-13 11:30

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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phạm Ngọc Anh

The novel is set in Dublin and Boston of the 1950's. The hero is a coroner named Quirk who had married one of a pair of sisters who came originally from around Boston abd narried Irish Irish. The best parts are in Dubln, which is what the novelist knows best about. A few minor faults in verisimilitude (sp) re Boston of the Fifties and its people distracted me but the story is interesting and Quirk is a wonderful character. The faults of verisilitude could have been cleaned up mostly if Banville's publisher had a fact checker that was over 25. No one in Boston in the Fifties had the dream of owning his own limo company. They might have dreamed of having a fleet of taxis but no one would dream of having a limo company. The character with this dream, supposedly from Delaware, comes across like a lonesome cowboy. Also,Banville has a bunch of Irish-American gosoons insult the lonesome cowboy from Delaware as being less than a man because he and his wife have an adopted baby. Granted that the Boston Irish may have occassionally odd and insulting senses of humor but the scene is preposterous and probably a reflection of Banville's superior Euro-Irish view of the Boston Irish. [Note of interestest: The author--John Banville used the pseudonym of Benjamin Black but was mostly in his John Banville mode at the L.A. Downtown Library where he spoke. At the end, some lady who heads some members' group got back on the stage to thank Mr. "Banfield" for coming and to apologize for not mentioning a previous past president of the group, her husband.]

Người đọc Essex James từ Leśne Chałupy, Poland

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.