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At the age of 6, while standing in a field observing a minute's silence for the death of King George IV, Mary Ward realized she was not a little girl. "That was a mistake," she said to herself. "She was a boy." Where this realization takes Mary is the ostensible subject of Sacred Country, although British writer Rose Tremain (author of The Way I Found Her) so lovingly treats the bleak town of Swaithey, England, where Mary grows up, and the people around her that the novel eddies out to encompass the town and times. With a steady eye, Tremain describes the harsh circumstances of Mary's early life and her disconnection from her body and surroundings. That she can find so much humor and magic in Mary's slow transformation into Martin is remarkable, but the book may be most memorable for its quiet realism and light, exacting prose. Not to be missed. --Regina Marler
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Highly regarded in England, Tremain has yet to win her discriminating audience here, although her seventh work of fiction, Restoration , brought her fine reviews on these shores. Her latest novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, is a deceptively simple but intensely imaginative work that explores the issues of sexual identity and the inchoate longings of those who have secret lives. In an epiphanic moment in 1952, when she is six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, realizes that she was meant to be a boy. Related with insight and compassion, Mary's struggle to change her sex is one component of a moving story that also illuminates her parents' disastrous marriage and the lives of other villagers. Brutalized by her father and emotionally abandoned by her mentally fragile mother, who frequently takes refuge in the local asylum, Mary is given succor by others. Tremain has a remarkable ability to create characters of shining, honest goodness--people capable of extraordinary decency, generosity and love. Mary's benevolent grandfather, a doughty teacher, an elderly widower who marries the mother of Mary's dearest friend--these people are sure of their places in life, and they try to help Mary deal with her transsexualism. If Mary (aka Martin) is not so appealing, if her misery makes her hard and self-centered, Tremain refuses to trivialize her hero(ine)'s ordeal. Other characters--Mary's brother, the village butcher's son who wants to sing country and western music in Nashville--also must find their own way, realizing as Mary does that "we're all something else inside." Seen against the background of three decades of history and social change, this is an affecting and often quite humorous narrative that asks provocative questions and challenges the reader's perceptions about the essence of being. (Apr.) .
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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5.0 von 5 Sternen
absolutely brilliant,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Sacred Country (Taschenbuch)
when i heard that we had to read a book about a girl who wants to become a boy for english class, my first instinct was that the book would be bad, a simple stereotypical novel that would fail to convey more than that. in fact, it turned out to be quite the contrary. i should have had more faith in my teacher. anyway, this book is simply marvelous. the story is about so much more than just Mary/Martin; the quest for identity affects Tim and Walter as well. all the characters in this book are so real and each amazing in his or her own way. i know this is a poor review and does not do the novel justice, but i just wanted to add my 5 stars to the average. this book is not to be missed.
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Almost perfect.,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Sacred Country (Taschenbuch)
This is the first book that I've felt compelled to review here. That there are only two other comments is almost a crime, since this is a book any real fan of fiction should read. The writing is beautiful, creating images that remain long after you've stopped reading; the characters are all at once completely unqiue and yet you recognize yourself and those you know in each and every one of them. As the other reviews have mentioned, don't feel put off if you've never had any "gender identity" problems--as in any great novel, the plot itself is merely the skeleton. At the end you realize the book in your hands is a shimmering, living thing.
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I am so moved.,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Sacred Country (Taschenbuch)
This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. For the week it took me to read I was part of Mary/Martin's life. This is not just a book of gender identity, but of the obstacles of life and growing up. Rose Tremain takes us through the amazing and painful journey of a 6 year old girl who makes the realization that she is really a boy through the characters early twenties where she is in the process of becoming a man. Although his/her father always wanted a boy and blames her/him for the fact that he doesn't have one, his/her realization is not one that he would ever accept. It has been over a year since I read this book and although I have never had gender identity problems, or actually really known anyone who has, Mary/Martin is still a frequent visitor to my thoughts.
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