- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: Vintage Intl. (12. September 1990)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679731741
- ISBN-13: 978-0679731740
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,3 x 13,4 x 1,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (6 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.576.627 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A novel of colonialism and revolution, death, sexual violence and political and spiritual impotence.
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A former hero of the South African resistance and his English mistress arrrive on a troubled Caribbean island, where their involvement with a young mulatto revolutionary leader leads to violence.
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Having just finished reading GUERRILLAS, I surfed over to read what others thought. The other reviews left me somewhat staggered and altogether bewildered. GUERRILLAS is set on a benighted and misbegotten Caribbean island in modern (that is to say, postcolonial) times. The novel is not set in Africa. Pointedly, the book's power derives in part from its portrayal of Caribbean rhythms, the oppressive and ominous atmosphere of the coconut plantation, the tribal background beat of "the reggae" (Naipaul's phrase). The second great strength of this novel is its depiction of human frailites, transgressions, and moral breakdowns. An expatriate English couple and a West-Indian would-be revolutionary are the three main characters, and the agonizing (and mostly self-destructive) sexual and philosophic choices they are faced with ring true to life. The compromises and rationalizations they make to themselves and each other result in their irrevocable mental and moral deterioration. The fragility of the social setting in which Jane, Roche, and Jimmy find themselves leads to infidelity, sexual abuse, murder, and what can be just as horrifying as any of these, the voluntary surrender of one's soul. Finally, the novel's powerful, profound ending arrestingly reveals the enigmatic and conflicted essence of postcolonial consciousness. GUERRILLAS is a minor masterpiece.
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Naipaul is an excellent writer. Most of the descriptions are evocative, if depressing, the dialogue rings true, and the characters, for all their unpleasantness, are believable. The political observations are also acute, although the passage of time has made Naipaul's political incorrectness less provocative. The book is, however, ultimately too cold and harsh to be a great work. You finish it with the uneasy sense that its ugly features, particularly the misogyny and sexual hysteria, are an all too accurate projection of its creator's mind.
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I was keen to check out V S Naipaul. His declared masterpiece, "A House for Mr Biswas", seemed the natural place to start but its length put me off. So I decided on "Guerrillas", which according to David Rubel's "The Reading List : Contemporary Fiction", was widely praised and did much to expand Naipaul's readership in the United States. It had as its theme a subject which intrigued me - an exploration of the white man's (outsider's) liberal view of third world politics and why it is ultimately ineffectual and impotent - the setting is in Africa but it could well be in any developing country. Naipaul's prose mirrors the physical and political landscape against which the action takes place - bleak and depressing. What keeps you going is a fascination with its three central characters (Roche, Jane and Jimmy) and a dark sense of foreboding that culminates in the gruesome outcome. They are all unsympathetic characters - self-serving and cruel. Jane is especially loathsome which, without giving the ending away, lends a sort of poetic justice to the conclusion of the whole affair - but where Naipaul ultimately fails is in the less than convincingly drawn portrait of Jimmy (arguably the novel's pivotal character) and hence in not preparing us sufficiently for the display of violence and cruelty he manifested. I found gaps in my understanding of Jimmy. I would like to revisit the novel some time. With a little help from a fellow reader perhaps, I will someday get to the bottom of this tale of hopelessness and despair.
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It isn't my favorite Naipaul novel
I have to admit that I was rather disappointed when I read "Guerrillas". V.S. Naipaul is one of my favorite writers of all time, but I didn't care for this particular... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Doesn't compare to Naipaul's best.
There are some great descriptions of the island in this book but the plot seems labored and the action too slow. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Oppressive elements & people overly described = Oppressive
A tropical island undergoing oppressive heat, water shortages and the stripping of its natural resources by foreigners appears to be on the brink of civil unrest. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Januar 1998 veröffentlicht
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