- Gebundene Ausgabe: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House UK; Auflage: First Edition (3. Mai 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0224078739
- ISBN-13: 978-0224078733
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,9 x 2,6 x 22,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (15 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 163.481 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
The Gathering
und über 1 Million weitere Bücher verfügbar für Amazon Kindle .
Erfahren Sie mehr
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Anne Enright auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Anne Enright auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
Amazon.com
Amazon Significant Seven, November 2007: Pretty early on in The Gathering you realize that in her lingering portrait of the Hegarty clan (and this isn't hyperbole--they are a family of 12), Irish novelist Anne Enright will wrestle with all the giant literary tropes that have come before her. Family, of course, is the big one, but with equal intensity she explores death and dying, the sea and its siren song, sex, shame, secrecy, unreliable memories, madness, "the drink," and--always in the shadows--England. That said, it's not like any other novel about the Irish that I've read. The story of the Hegartys is indeed bleak, and hard, but it surges with tenderness and eloquent thought which, in the end, are the very things that help this family (or at least her narrator Veronica) survive. Through her eyes, and in Enright's skillful imagination, those small turning-point moments of life that we all know in some form or another--a petty fight, a careless word, an event witnessed--come together in an unshakeable vision of how you become the person you are. --Anne Bartholomew
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
From Booklist
*Starred Review* The blessing and the curse of family bonds have been addressed by some of our best writers, perhaps never so movingly as by William Kennedy in his Albany cycle of novels. Now Irish novelist Enright, whose intense lyrical style recalls Kennedy's, gives full voice to another tale of familial agony: Veronica's grief in the wake of her wayward brother Liam's suicide. Past and present merge as Veronica recalls their childhood growing up in Dublin in a family of 14, with never enough money or enough attention from their overburdened parents. She's convinced it all went wrong when Liam was sexually abused by a family friend, and her recollections of that day alternate with sunnier ones of their endless roughhousing and joking. When Liam drowned himself, with a tide of "blood, sea water and whiskey" running in his veins, he took Veronica's sense of purpose with him. Inconsolable, and suffering from insomnia, she spends her evenings driving and writing, trying to come to terms with the fact that "someone you love is dead, and the world is full of people you don't." Enright's hypnotic prose turns her desperation into something fierce and beautiful. Wilkinson, Joanne
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe:
Taschenbuch
.
Welche anderen Artikel kaufen Kunden, nachdem sie diesen Artikel angesehen haben?
In diesem Buch
(Mehr dazu)
Nach einer anderen Ausgabe dieses Buches suchen.
Nach einer anderen Ausgabe dieses Buches suchen.
Vorgeschlagene Tags zu ähnlichen Produkten(Was ist das?)Setzen Sie den ersten relevanten Tag hinzu (ein Schlüsselwort, das mit diesem Produkt in engem Zusammenhang steht).
|
Kundenrezensionen
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen
24 von 25 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
one that requires more than one reading with which to fully come to grips. There's a lot going on here, about family, about the ties that bind, about the fact we can never escape the past. Everyone will not like this book, it's too grim and rambling and unfocussed for that, but I did. The story, which is set in Dublin, revolves around Veronica Hegarty, a 30-something wife and mother, who has escaped the clutches of her huge Irish Catholic family She has eight siblings and suffers hardships when her brother, Liam, kills himself. Closest to him in age, Veronica is the one who must pick up the pieces and bring back his body from England, where he drowned himself off Brighton Beach.
The first-person narrative is told in a stream-of-consciousness manner from Veronica's perspective. She flits backwards and forwards in time, exploring her family's dark history. She goes as far back as her grandparent's generation as she tries to unravel the story. During the course of the book, which spans Liam's death through to his funeral, Veronica traces the history of the family. But through this we glimpse Veronica's obsessions and see how her personality has been slightly damaged by her rough-and-tumble crowded childhood. Her pain and her anguish is never expressed to the outside world (she cannot even communicate with her husband), but is buried deep inside where it finds expression in Veronica's self-loathing. If nothing else, The Gathering is a portrait of a lost woman coming to grips with her past, her present and her future!!! I'd also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's bestselling novel--The Fates--if you haven't yet!!
Dank!
The first-person narrative is told in a stream-of-consciousness manner from Veronica's perspective. She flits backwards and forwards in time, exploring her family's dark history. She goes as far back as her grandparent's generation as she tries to unravel the story. During the course of the book, which spans Liam's death through to his funeral, Veronica traces the history of the family. But through this we glimpse Veronica's obsessions and see how her personality has been slightly damaged by her rough-and-tumble crowded childhood. Her pain and her anguish is never expressed to the outside world (she cannot even communicate with her husband), but is buried deep inside where it finds expression in Veronica's self-loathing. If nothing else, The Gathering is a portrait of a lost woman coming to grips with her past, her present and her future!!! I'd also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's bestselling novel--The Fates--if you haven't yet!!
Dank!
10 von 10 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
2007 die Gewinnerin des Booker Prize, ein Überraschungserfolg einer Außenseiterin, wurden doch schon McEwan und Jones gefeiert.
Ein ruhiges, faszinierendes Werk, das unter die Haut geht. Die Autorin beschreibt kleinste "Nebensächlichkeiten" mit einer Intensität, die einem die Luft zum Atmen nimmt, doch dann wieder sanft einhaucht - eine Handbewegung, ein paar Worte... Die Erzählgeschwindigkeit ist langsam, doch dicht, mit vielen Rückblicken, Erzählsträngen, die sich schließlich zu einem Bild zusammenfügen.
Manche werden das Werk ermüdend finden, zu grau, zu trostlos, pessimistisch. Wer Action, Freude, Energie will, ist hier falsch. Wer dies nicht erwartet, wird wohl auch zu diesem Schluss kommen: unputdownable.
Ein ruhiges, faszinierendes Werk, das unter die Haut geht. Die Autorin beschreibt kleinste "Nebensächlichkeiten" mit einer Intensität, die einem die Luft zum Atmen nimmt, doch dann wieder sanft einhaucht - eine Handbewegung, ein paar Worte... Die Erzählgeschwindigkeit ist langsam, doch dicht, mit vielen Rückblicken, Erzählsträngen, die sich schließlich zu einem Bild zusammenfügen.
Manche werden das Werk ermüdend finden, zu grau, zu trostlos, pessimistisch. Wer Action, Freude, Energie will, ist hier falsch. Wer dies nicht erwartet, wird wohl auch zu diesem Schluss kommen: unputdownable.
5 von 5 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Format:Taschenbuch
When a book has won a prestigious prize like the Man Booker, readers feel a double challenge: Appreciate the book for what it is and try to figure out what attracted the award panel's approval. I think the former was easier to do than the latter in this case.
Ultimately, The Gathering's subject is the difficulty with trying to pin down the truth of anything, especially things that happened long ago for which there is little or no contemporary evidence. If you've never thought much about that issue, you'll enjoy the subtle philosophical bent of the novel.
That subject is explored in the context of a sister contemplating her brother's death. Veronica Hegerty is a very vivid and appealing character: Much of the book's charm comes from seeing her family through her eyes and memories. In the process, she reveals the kind of "within the family" opinions that all family members express in whispers with one another. Beneath her grief, Veronica also feels a need to share a secret with us . . . but she feels at a loss for how to do so. Her rambling reflections gradually spiral closer and closer to that secret until you realize its full shocking lesson: People may not be who they seem to be, and you need to be careful even where there seems to be no risk.
There's an unedited quality at times in the book that captures what will remind you of the sorts of soliloquies that we've all conducted in our minds. That exposition method is very effective for making Veronica's feelings come across more strongly.
Why did the book win the award? I'm not really sure. I found that the secret wasn't so very interesting as to make the philosophical question and the writing style worth the effort. The book felt like a well decorated cake where the appearance of the icing was a lot better than the taste and freshness of the cake.
But anyone who enjoys good writing will find this book rewarding. We can all learn from a stylist like Anne Enright.
Ultimately, The Gathering's subject is the difficulty with trying to pin down the truth of anything, especially things that happened long ago for which there is little or no contemporary evidence. If you've never thought much about that issue, you'll enjoy the subtle philosophical bent of the novel.
That subject is explored in the context of a sister contemplating her brother's death. Veronica Hegerty is a very vivid and appealing character: Much of the book's charm comes from seeing her family through her eyes and memories. In the process, she reveals the kind of "within the family" opinions that all family members express in whispers with one another. Beneath her grief, Veronica also feels a need to share a secret with us . . . but she feels at a loss for how to do so. Her rambling reflections gradually spiral closer and closer to that secret until you realize its full shocking lesson: People may not be who they seem to be, and you need to be careful even where there seems to be no risk.
There's an unedited quality at times in the book that captures what will remind you of the sorts of soliloquies that we've all conducted in our minds. That exposition method is very effective for making Veronica's feelings come across more strongly.
Why did the book win the award? I'm not really sure. I found that the secret wasn't so very interesting as to make the philosophical question and the writing style worth the effort. The book felt like a well decorated cake where the appearance of the icing was a lot better than the taste and freshness of the cake.
But anyone who enjoys good writing will find this book rewarding. We can all learn from a stylist like Anne Enright.
Möchten Sie weitere Rezensionen zu diesem Artikel anzeigen?
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Die neuesten Kundenrezensionen
A dense sad story
The winner of the 2007 Man Booker prize is a story about a woman, who thinks back to an event in her life, that had an effect to her life and the life of her brother, who comitted... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 10 Monaten von laxschrift veröffentlicht
familienleben
Das Buch ist durchaus lesenswert. Psychologisch geschickt kann man sich in díe Erzählerin hineinfühlen und hat schon sehr früh das Gefühl, dass es in... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 18 Monaten von eule veröffentlicht
Überbewertet
Veronica fliegt nach England, um in Brighton die Leiche ihres Bruders zur Überführung in die irische Heimat abzuholen. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 21 Monaten von Valentine veröffentlicht
The Gathering
I didn't really know what to expect as I hadn't read anything from the author before so I was keen to see what had won such an auspicious prize. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. März 2010 von Lenja
Anne Enright - The Gathering
Das Buch stellt die Beziehungen und der Karakter eine grosen Familie überzeugend da. Es hat eine ziemlich dunkle Atmosphere, obwohl das Leben der Protagonisten von ausen... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Dezember 2009 von M. F. Buettner
außergewöhnliches Lesevergnügen.
Ich las das Buch zuerst auf deutsch - übrigend eine ausgezeichnete Übersetzung - und danach, weil es mir so gut gefallen hatte, auf englisch. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Mai 2009 von Ute Knoetgen
Überzeugend
Mich hat Enrights Roman voll überzeugt: Ja, wie in der zweiten Rezension zu lesen, bleibt die Leserin auf einigen Fragen sitzen. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. August 2008 von M. Schleicher
einfach langweilig
Es mag sein, dass man das Buch mehrfach lesen muss, um es schätzen zu lernen. Ich habe es einmal gelesen und das hat mich schon viel Mühe gekostet! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Mai 2008 von Tina Stroessner
vielversprechender Anfang
ein Todesfall - Selbstmord des Bruders, die Familie kommt zusammen, die Erzählerin reflektiert ihre Beziehung zum Lieblingsbruder, ihr Leben, ihre Familie, den Mißbrauch... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Januar 2008 von Maria Conlan
deservedly received the Man Booker Prize 2007
breaking w/ conventions; exposing plenty of family secrets & taboos; writing irreverently; full of suspense; this page turner book guarantees entertainment until the end.
Veröffentlicht am 16. Januar 2008 von Dr. Martin Hennegriff
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
|
|
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
