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The Kindness de Polly Samson

The Kindness

Autor Polly Samson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 mar 2016

Notăm cu un interes profund modul în care The Kindness subversează convențiile genului de ficțiune contemporană despre relații, transformând o poveste de dragoste aparent clasică într-o explorare psihologică a consecințelor adevărului ascuns. Romanul nu se mulțumește să prezinte doar mecanica unei pasiuni interzise între Julian și Julia, ci disecă prețul pe care aceștia îl plătesc pentru fericirea lor construită pe fundații fragile. Apreciem în mod deosebit structura narativă ingenioasă, unde ritmul lent, aproape contemplativ al prozei, ascunde o tensiune constantă care explodează în momentul în care boala fiicei lor devine catalizatorul dezvăluirii unui secret devastator.

Stilul are ceva din proza densă și atmosfera plină de secrete regăsită în The Dilemma de B A Paris, fără să fie o imitație — acolo unde Paris mizează pe suspansul pur, Polly Samson alege o abordare mai lirică, punând accent pe nuanțele limbajului și pe tăcerile dintre personaje. Remarcăm cum această lucrare consolidează temele explorate de autoare în volumele anterioare, precum Perfect Lives, unde fragilitatea legăturilor umane și complexitatea maternității erau deja centrale. Spre deosebire de atmosfera boemă din A Theatre for Dreamers, aici tonul este mai sobru și mai intim, reflectând maturitatea scriiturii unei autoare care este și o apreciată textieră și membră a Royal Society of Literature. Este un roman despre bunătate și cruzime, despre cum dragostea poate fi simultan un act de salvare și unul de distrugere.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408861905
ISBN-10: 1408861909
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută o proză rafinată, în care stilul scriiturii este la fel de important ca intriga. The Kindness oferă o analiză lucidă a relațiilor de cuplu și a sacrificiilor parentale. Veți câștiga o perspectivă tulburătoare asupra modului în care secretele pot altera realitatea unei familii, totul într-o limbă engleză de o frumusețe aparte, recunoscută prin nominalizarea la Dublin Literary Award.

Descriere

BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017

An Observer Book of the Year

'Brilliant, tender and beautiful' ANDREW O'HAGAN

'A dark, sexy little masterpiece' JOJO MOYES

'An addictive, cleverly structured and intriguing relationship story of lies and flawed communication' SUNDAY TIMES Book of the Week

'Entices you to revel in its languid, beautifully written prose while demanding that you turn the page to discover the secrets it holds ' OBSERVER Paperback of the week

Julian's fall begins the moment he sets eyes on Julia. Julia is married and eight years Julian's senior. Ignoring warnings from family and friends they give up all they have to be together. Their new life offers immense happiness, especially after their daughter Mira is born. But when Mira becomes terrifyingly ill, it is impossible for Julia to conceal the explosive secret that she has been keeping at the heart of their lives.

Recenzii

Cumulatively addictive: intriguing, cleverly structured, lyrical without pretension and thoroughly engrossing . The book is hard to put down. I finished this story of loss, lies and flawed communication at two in the morning, desperate to know the truth. As a second novel, this really was worth the wait
Dark, sensual and clever. I loved this book so much I finished it then started re-reading it to see how she did it
Lush, lyrical prose . The Kindness is to be read more than once, not merely to enjoy again the beauty of the writing and the considerable insights into human experience, but to test the earlier narrative with the knowledge of what is to come
The Kindness wears its structural complexity lightly, the voice and the pace so assured that it seems remarkable that this is only Samson's second novel. It's a rare achievement to create a book that is at once a wise and tender meditation on the nature of love and disappointment, and a page turner that will keep you awake into the small hours
It is a beautifully-written and intricately-constructed piece of writing; shining, poetic and sumptuous; a portrait of a sunlit lake, which at any moment may reveal itself to be the scene of a tragedy. Polly Samson is a writer of great insight and sensitivity; her novel is moving, wistful, wise and ultimately hopeful; grown-up in all the right ways, but still with a simplicity that comes directly from the heart
A gorgeously chilling novel about grief and betrayal, with writing so visual and gripping that I can picture the house at the centre of the drama, Firdaws, almost as well as if I had grown up there myself. Samson seems to write in colours, and fans of her 2010 short story collection Perfect Lives will find this novel well worth the wait
Samson is a richly sensory writer . A sumptuous, serious story about how an act of immense love can at the same time be one of terrible betrayal, and how we deceive ourselves as much as we deceive one another
Compelling . Atmospheric and vividly told, the book is a poignant examination of love, guilt, betrayal and the deception that can lie at the heart of every relationship
Family proves far from idyllic in this poetic, sensual story of betrayal and lies. Writer and lyricist Samson's prose is dazzlingly evocative, as she explores how relationships are rarely what they seem
Secrets and misunderstandings fuel Polly Samson's involving, melancholy and cleverly constructed second novel . This is a mature and haunting novel about love and loss that asks if we all, in the end, see what we want to see ****
This is elegant, witty writing, informed throughout by generosity and wise perceptiveness. Dealing with many kinds of love, and with misunderstanding, betrayal, grief and forgiveness, the novel dares to posit, ultimately, the possibility of redemption. It is a book to cherish, to recommend, to return to
Beautifully written and plotted with serpentine cunning, Samson's novel is what might be called a love story for adults: unsentimental, at times harsh, but ultimately uplifting
Intensely evocative . Samson treats this difficult subject with candour and compassion . The novel's effortlessness, its readability, sweeps everything in its wake . This is a book to relax into ****
Polly Samson's mastery of the English language is powerful and impressive
Annoyingly close to perfection