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- Verlag: Bolinda Pub Co; Auflage: Unabridged (30. September 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1876584718
- ISBN-13: 978-1876584719
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23 x 16,4 x 3,1 cm
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This novel, winner of Australia's prestigious Miles Franklin Award, has great ambitions. Not only does it aspire to depict a community in crisisan old whaling port now the scene of a Save the Whales protestbut also to ponder such matters as guilt and innocence, responsibility, damnation and redemption, the urge to suicide, and the visitation of the sins of the fathers upon their children. When writing about the troubled marriage of his central characters, Cleve and Queenie Cookson, or about the anti-whaling confrontations out on the open sea, Winton brings his book alive. But his grandiose strivings hurt it. Too many minor characters, often mere stereotypes, appear for the sake of thematic concerns rather than as an integral part of the narrative. And the symbolism telegraphs the story's conclusion. Promising, well-intentioned, but only passable. Charles Michaud, Turner Free Lib., Randolph, Mass.
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Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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It lost me
14. Juli 2003
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I gave this book 2 stars because I loved his other book _Cloudstreet_ and find the author to be amazingly talented.
Unfortunately, I could not get past page 82 in this slow, ponderous story. I gave it multiple efforts but found myself lacking any interest in these characters or their gripes. I initially felt an alignment with Queenie and backed her spontaneous efforts to protest the slaughtering of whales which is the only thriving buisness in the town she lives in. Her actions angered most of the individuals of the town and her newly wed husband, Cleveland. Cleveland is a low-aspiring fellow, not originally from the small whaling town, Angelus. He is pre-occupied by scrapbooks and reading the diaries of the town's expired elder Nathaniel Coupar who is Queenie's great grandfather. Meanwhile, her father, Daniel is a miserably depressed grump who has issues with everyone in town but can't express himself. Then we have another despicably repulsive realtor, Des Pustling, whom I thought could disgust me enough to dredge up some kind of interest to keep me turning the pages. Other bits of folk weave irritatingly in and out, but not enough to hold fast the effort.
I hate to give up on a book, and can not even remember the last time I did, so I kept hoping the story would pick up and grab me, but it just was so much work to stay interested.
There are too many characters to keep track of, and the timeline flips back and forth which was very distracting.
Meanwhile, I am moving on to _Dirt Music_ and _the Riders_; also by Tim Winton with higher expectations.
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a struggle
2. März 2010
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I didn't like this book any more than An Open Swimmer. I found the flashbacks very confusing and the argot alienating (especially Winton's tendency to use brand names rather than generic ones - eg Zodiac for a type of boat. I often took too long to work out what he was talking about, as I don't know that specific lingo). In addition, the plot was boring, and there was not a single character that I even part-liked or could feel some empathy towards. I would shun the lot in real life, which meant it was not a pleasure to "briefly inhabit" Angelus. I had seen enough of this town by about chapter three. It was very difficult for me to feel involved in the events, despite the fact that I personally care very deeply about the fate of whales, and sympathise theoretically with the ideals behind the agitators who were trying to stop whaling. However, the actual individuals doing the protesting were as rebarbative as the ones mercilessly taking the lives of intelligent whales. No doubt that is Winton's point, but it didn't leave the reader much of a motive for staying with the book. I couldn't wait to be finished, and started skimming huge sections just to get it over with.
Despite that, I found Winton's writing style enjoyably poetic at times, and many of his descriptions were intelligent and interesting in their allusions. Had it not been for the moments of poetry embedded in this dragging plot, I would have abandoned the book before the end.
Despite that, I found Winton's writing style enjoyably poetic at times, and many of his descriptions were intelligent and interesting in their allusions. Had it not been for the moments of poetry embedded in this dragging plot, I would have abandoned the book before the end.
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It lost me
14. Juli 2003
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
I gave this book 2 stars because I loved his other book _Cloudstreet_ and find the author to be amazingly talented.
Unfortunately, I could not get past page 82 in this slow, ponderous story. I gave it multiple efforts but found myself lacking any interest in these characters or their gripes. I initially felt an alignment with Queenie and backed her spontaneous efforts to protest the slaughtering of whales which is the only thriving buisness in the town she lives in. Her actions angered most of the individuals of the town and her newly wed husband, Cleveland. Cleveland is a low-aspiring fellow, not originally from the small whaling town, Angelus. He is pre-occupied by scrapbooks and reading the diaries of the town's expired elder Nathaniel Coupar who is Queenie's great grandfather. Meanwhile, her father, Daniel is a miserably depressed grump who has issues with everyone in town but can't express himself. Then we have another despicably repulsive realtor, Des Pustling, whom I thought could disgust me enough to dredge up some kind of interest to keep me turning the pages. Other bits of folk weave irritatingly in and out, but not enough to hold fast the effort.
I hate to give up on a book, and can not even remember the last time I did, so I kept hoping the story would pick up and grab me, but it just was so much work to stay interested.
There are too many characters to keep track of, and the timeline flips back and forth which was very distracting.
Meanwhile, I am moving on to _Dirt Music_ and _the Riders_; also by Tim Winton with higher expectations.
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