The Casual Vacancy
Autor J. K. Rowlingen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 sep 2012
Ce rămâne dintr-o comunitate atunci când singura voce care menținea echilibrul fragil dispare brusc? Observăm cum, în The Casual Vacancy, J. K. Rowling părăsește universul magic pentru a sonda realitățile brutale și adesea meschine ale unui sat englezesc contemporan. Moartea neașteptată a lui Barry Fairbrother lasă un loc vacant în consiliul parohial din Pagford, dar, mai important, lasă o breșă în scutul de respectabilitate al orașului. Subliniem modul în care autoarea construiește o narațiune densă, unde piața centrală pavată și abația veche nu sunt decât decoruri pentru un război civil mocnit între bogați și săraci, părinți și adolescenți, sau profesori și elevi. Stilul are ceva din proza lui Julie Langsdorf în White Elephant, fără să fie o imitație — acolo unde Langsdorf se concentrează pe estetica invazivă a noilor construcții, Rowling analizează disecția morală a unei societăți stratificate. Notăm cu interes tranziția de la temele grandioase ale luptei dintre bine și rău din seria Harry Potter către o explorare mult mai intimă și cinică a viciilor umane. Dacă în lucrările anterioare magia era soluția, aici realismul social este singura lentilă disponibilă. Romanul, parte din seria Waterstones Reading the 21st Century, este o cronică a politicii locale transformate în tragedie personală, scrisă cu o furie empatică ce refuză să ofere soluții facile.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0316228540
Pagini: 752
Dimensiuni: 162 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 1 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Pentru cititorii care doresc să descopere fața ascunsă a Angliei rurale, departe de clișeele idilice. The Casual Vacancy oferă o analiză socială tăioasă și personaje complexe, fiind o lectură esențială pentru cei care apreciază romanele de observație psihologică. Veți câștiga o perspectivă onestă asupra modului în care micile ambiții politice pot dărâma structura unei întregi comunități.
Despre autor
J. K. Rowling este una dintre cele mai influente scriitoare contemporane, cunoscută la nivel mondial pentru crearea universului Harry Potter. După finalizarea celebrei serii pentru copii și tineret, Rowling s-a orientat către literatura pentru adulți, publicând The Casual Vacancy în 2012 sub propria semnătură și ulterior o serie de romane polițiste de succes sub pseudonimul Robert Galbraith. Activitatea sa literară este dublată de o intensă activitate filantropică, fiind recunoscută pentru sprijinirea numeroaselor cauze sociale prin organizații precum Amnesty International.
Descriere scurtă
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations?
A big novel about a small town,The Casual Vacancyis J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
Notă biografică
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
Recenzii
A needle-sharp and darkly comic expose of today's class-ridden society . . . A highly readable morality tale for our times
The Casual Vacancy is a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today. [J.K. Rowling] has done a rather brave thing and pulled it off magnificently
One marvels at the skill with which Rowling weaves such vivid characters in and out of each other's lives
Heartbreaking - turning the page seems unbearable, but not as much as putting down the book would be
An exquisite and occasionally moving black comedy . . . The acid test - I suspect it would do well even if its author's name weren't J.K. Rowling
A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England . . . This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply
Insightful, meaningful, daring and resolutely challenging to tabloid assumptions regarding the moral worth of individuals
The action bowls along compellingly, most of the characters are vividly drawn and there are some sharp - often very sharp - observations about their social pretensions . . . a bold and distinctive effort
This is a novel of insight and skill, deftly drawn and, at the end, cleverly pulled together. It plays to her strengths as a storyteller
The Casual Vacancy is a brilliant novel, entertaining, intelligent, moving, passionate and hard-hitting; touching on familiar subjects but approaching them with great originality and skill. Moreover, it's unputdownable . . . The novel is a triumph
Rowling is a great storyteller with a clear eye and a warm heart, and The Casual Vacancy is a moving and immensely pleasurable novel
Wrestles honourably and intelligently with big moral and political questions . . . a study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from such writers as Trollope, Gaskell and, perhaps most of all, George Elliot . . . [the plot] is big, engrossing, and runs like clockwork
Rowling weaves a web of connections that resonate long after the book ends
This is a book with a social conscience . . . Much lurks behind Pagford's idyllic facade
Rowling once again shows her skill at laying bare the best and (more often) worst of human nature
A perfect holiday read
JK's first grown-up novel is an eminently-readable tale of small minds in small-town England
This is a wonderful novel. JK Rowling's skills as a storyteller are on a par with RL Stevenson, Conan Doyle and PD James. Here, they are combined with her ability to create memorable and moving characters to produce a state-of-England novel driven by tenderness and fury Melvyn Bragg, The Observer A needle-sharp and darkly comic expose of today's class-ridden society ... A highly readable morality tale for our times Emma Lee-Potter, Daily Express The Casual Vacancy is a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today. [J.K. Rowling] has done a rather brave thing and pulled it off magnificently Henry Sutton, The Mirror One marvels at the skill with which Rowling weaves such vivid characters in and out of each other's lives Christopher Brookmyre, The Daily Telegraph Heartbreaking - turning the page seems unbearable, but not as much as putting down the book would be Deepti Hajela, Associated Press An exquisite and occasionally moving black comedy ... The acid test - I suspect it would do well even if its author's name weren't J.K. Rowling David Robinson, Scotsman A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England ... This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply Lev Grossman, Time Magazine Insightful, meaningful, daring and resolutely challenging to tabloid assumptions regarding the moral worth of individuals Scotland on Sunday The action bowls along compellingly, most of the characters are vividly drawn and there are some sharp - often very sharp - observations about their social pretensions ... a bold and distinctive effort The Sunday Telegraph This is a novel of insight and skill, deftly drawn and, at the end, cleverly pulled together. It plays to her strengths as a storyteller The Economist The Casual Vacancy is a brilliant novel, entertaining, intelligent, moving, passionate and hard-hitting; touching on familiar subjects but approaching them with great originality and skill. Moreover, it's unputdownable ... The novel is a triumph Irish Times Rowling is a great storyteller with a clear eye and a warm heart, and The Casual Vacancy is a moving and immensely pleasurable novel Sunday Business Post Ireland Wrestles honourably and intelligently with big moral and political questions ... a study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from such writers as Trollope, Gaskell and, perhaps most of all, George Elliot ... [the plot] is big, engrossing, and runs like clockwork Guardian Rowling weaves a web of connections that resonate long after the book ends Daily Express This is a book with a social conscience ... Much lurks behind Pagford's idyllic facade The Times Rowling once again shows her skill at laying bare the best and (more often) worst of human nature Star Magazine A perfect holiday read Best Magazine JK's first grown-up novel is an eminently-readable tale of small minds in small-town England Bella