Pandemonium
Autor Lauren Oliveren Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2012 – vârsta de la 14 ani
Considerăm că genul distopic pentru adolescenți primește o nouă profunzime în Pandemonium, continuarea viscerală a seriei Delirium Trilogy. Dacă în primul volum am explorat frica de o boală numită „iubire”, aici descoperim brutalitatea supraviețuirii. Merită menționat că structura narativă se schimbă radical: Lauren Oliver folosește planuri temporale alternate pentru a ne arăta transformarea Lenei dintr-o tineră îndurerată într-o figură centrală a rezistenței. Este o lectură despre doliu și reconstrucție, unde vechea viață a personajului este lăsată în urmă, dincolo de gardul de sârmă ghimpată al societății „vindecate”. Copiii și adolescenții care au iubit Delirium vor găsi aici aceeași tensiune emoțională, dar într-un context mult mai dinamic, axat pe acțiune și rebeliune. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări ale autoarei, cum este The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street, care explorează fantezia istorică, Pandemonium rămâne ancorat într-un realism psihologic dur. Ritmul este alert, reflectând instabilitatea lumii exterioare, iar tonul devine mai matur, pe măsură ce mizele trec de la propria siguranță la soarta întregii mișcări de rezistență. Este o explorare a identității într-un mediu care încearcă să o anuleze, păstrând totodată acea sensibilitate romantică specifică operei lui Oliver, vizibilă și în titluri precum Replica sau Broken Things.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 006197806X
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 151 x 227 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Harpercollins
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Recomandăm această carte tinerilor de peste 14 ani care caută o poveste despre curaj și maturizare forțată. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă nuanțată asupra sacrificiului personal și a luptei pentru libertate. Este un volum esențial pentru cei care vor să vadă cum un personaj vulnerabil își găsește vocea și puterea într-o lume care i-a refuzat dreptul de a simți, oferind o lecție valoroasă despre reziliența spiritului uman.
Despre autor
Lauren Oliver este o autoare americană de succes, cunoscută pentru capacitatea sa de a naviga între genuri, de la distopii pentru adolescenți la romane middle-grade premiate. Absolventă a Universității din Chicago și cu un master la NYU, ea a creat universuri complexe care au fost adaptate pentru marele ecran, cum este cazul filmului „Before I Fall” (2017), sau pentru televiziune, prin seria „Panic”. Co-fondatoare a incubatorului literar Glasstown Entertainment, Oliver este apreciată pentru stilul său poetic și introspectiv, fiind nominalizată la premiul E.B. White Read-Aloud pentru volumul „Liesl & Po”.
Descriere scurtă
In this electrifying follow-up to Delirium, Lena is on a dangerous course that takes her through the unregulated Wilds and into the heart of a growing resistance movement. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.
Recenzii
“This is a romance in the purest of senses, where just the longing for the faintest taste of love is worth the greatest of risks. Like all successful second volumes, this expands the world and ups the stakes, setting us up for the big finale.” — Booklist
“After this second book, fans of Oliver and of dystopian fiction will be clamoring for the final installment of the trilogy.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“If...you crave the heart-stopping action of the arena from The Hunger Games combined with a destined-to-be-doomed love story then this sequel is perfect for you!” — Seventeen.com
“Following directly on the heels of Delirium, Pandemonium is equally riveting. The underlying theme that love will win out regardless of prohibition is a powerful idea that will speak to teens.” — School Library Journal
“The gasp-worthy final page sets the stage for a promising conclusion to this trilogy.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Praise for Delirium: “In [Oliver’s] dystopian America, love has been outlawed as the life-threatening source of all discord. Lena’s gradual awakening is set against a convincing backdrop of totalitarian horror. The abrupt ending leaves enough unanswered questions to set breathless readers up for volume two of this trilogy.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Praise for Delirium: “Strong characters, a vivid portrait of the lives of teens in a repressive society, and nagging questions that can be applied to our world today make this book especially compelling and discussable.” — School Library Journal (starred review)
Praise for Delirium: “Oliver’s deeply emotional and incredibly well-honed prose commands the readers’ attention and captures their hearts. With a pulse-pounding tempo and unforeseen twists and turns, Lauren Oliver has opened the door on a fantastic new series; the second book can’t come soon enough.” — New York Journal of Books
Praise for Delirium: “In a thick climate of fear, Oliver spins out a suspenseful story of awakening and resistance with true love at its core.” — The Horn Book
Praise for Before I Fall: “Oliver’s debut novel is raw, emotional, and, at times, beautiful....readers will love Samantha best as she hurtles toward an end as brave as it is heartbreaking.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Before I Fall: “Samantha’s attempts to save her life and right the wrongs she has caused are precisely what will draw readers into this complex story and keep them turning pages until Sam succeeds in living her last day the right way.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
Praise for Before I Fall: “Oliver, in a pitch-perfect teen voice, explores the power we have to affect the people around us in this intensely believable first novel...This is a compelling book with a powerful message and should not be missed.” — ALA Booklist
Praise for Before I Fall: “This story races forward, twisting in a new direction every few pages, its characters spinning my emotions from affection to frustration, anger to compassion. You’ll have no choice but to tear through this book!” — Jay Asher, author of the New York Times bestseller Thirteen Reasons Why
Praise for Before I Fall: “Before I Fall is smart, complex, and heartbreakingly beautiful. Lauren Oliver has written an extraordinary debut novel about what it means to live—and die.” — Carolyn Mackler, author of Tangled and The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, a Printz Honor book
Notă biografică
She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by Awesomeness Films. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films that year.
Oliver is a 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House series, co-written with H.C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms.
Oliver co-founded Glasstown Entertainment with poet and author Lexa Hillyer. Since 2010, the company has developed and sold more than fifty-five novels for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers. Some of its recent titles include the New York Times bestseller Everless, by Sara Holland; the critically acclaimed Bonfire, authored by the actress Krysten Ritter; and The Hunger by Alma Katsu, which received multiple starred reviews and was praised by Stephen King as ?disturbing, hard to put down? and ?not recommended...after dark.?
Oliver is a narrative consultant for Illumination Entertainment and is writing features and TV shows for a number of production companies and studios.
Oliver received an academic scholarship to the University of Chicago, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University.
www.laurenoliverbooks.com.