- Gebundene Ausgabe: 400 Seiten
- Verlag: Ecco; Auflage: Ecco. (15. April 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 006149125X
- ISBN-13: 978-0061491252
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,2 x 16,3 x 3,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.032.921 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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“THE OUTLANDER deserves to be read twice, first for the plot and the complex characters which make this a page-turner of the highest order, and then a second time, slowly, to savor the marvel of Gil Adamson’s writing. This novel is a true wonder.” (Ann Patchett )
“This remarkable novel opens at full gallop and never slows. Adamson has seamlessly merged a compelling narrative with poetic language to create a work that is full of beauty and heart and wonder.” (Ron Rash, author of SAINTS AT THE RIVER and SERENA )
“A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure.” (Michael Ondaatje )
“This remarkable novel opens at full gallop and never slows. Adamson has seamlessly merged a compelling narrative with poetic language to create a work that is full of beauty and heart and wonder.” (Ron Rash, author of SAINTS AT THE RIVER and SERENA )
“A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure.” (Michael Ondaatje )
Kurzbeschreibung
In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow—and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness—and into the wilds of her own mind—encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.
With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel weds a brilliant literary style to the gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.
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Auf diesen Erstlingsroman bin ich durch eine gute Bewertung auf Bayern 5 sowie in einer Tageszeitung aufmerksam geworden, obwohl ich grundsätzlich etwas skeptisch gegenüber solchen "Abenteuerromanen" und "Frauengeschichten" bin.
Ich hoffte aber, etwas über das Leben in der Wildnis in Kanada und den USA am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts zu erfahren.
Leider wurden meine Erwartung nur zum Teil erfüllt.
Mary, die Heldin, bleibt als Charakter seltsam leer, konstruiert und blutlos, man lebt und leidet nicht mit ihr, wie es sein sollte, sondern ich muß gestehen, daß mir ihr Schicksal überhaupt nicht zu Herzen ging. Die Geschichte besteht zum Großteil nur aus seitenlangen Schilderungen der Natur, von Marys Vergangenheit, von Marys Gemütszustand, ohne jegliche Dialoge, so daß nach 30, 40 Seiten am Stück von Betrachtungen - ohne jegliche oder nur mit wenig Handlung - eine gewisse Ermüdung auftritt.
Die Geschichte an sich ist interessant, hat Potential und man erfährt auch einiges in den Rückblenden über das damalige Leben, aber alles ist zu ausgewalzt. Die Sprache ist wirklich gut, aber wie gesagt auch ermüdend zu lesen und der Roman grundsätzlich 100 Seiten zu lang.
Grundsätzlich ein guter Roman mit viel Potential, aber leider nur bedingt empfehlenswert
Ich hoffte aber, etwas über das Leben in der Wildnis in Kanada und den USA am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts zu erfahren.
Leider wurden meine Erwartung nur zum Teil erfüllt.
Mary, die Heldin, bleibt als Charakter seltsam leer, konstruiert und blutlos, man lebt und leidet nicht mit ihr, wie es sein sollte, sondern ich muß gestehen, daß mir ihr Schicksal überhaupt nicht zu Herzen ging. Die Geschichte besteht zum Großteil nur aus seitenlangen Schilderungen der Natur, von Marys Vergangenheit, von Marys Gemütszustand, ohne jegliche Dialoge, so daß nach 30, 40 Seiten am Stück von Betrachtungen - ohne jegliche oder nur mit wenig Handlung - eine gewisse Ermüdung auftritt.
Die Geschichte an sich ist interessant, hat Potential und man erfährt auch einiges in den Rückblenden über das damalige Leben, aber alles ist zu ausgewalzt. Die Sprache ist wirklich gut, aber wie gesagt auch ermüdend zu lesen und der Roman grundsätzlich 100 Seiten zu lang.
Grundsätzlich ein guter Roman mit viel Potential, aber leider nur bedingt empfehlenswert
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We All Become Outlanders
7. Juni 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The Outlander is one of the most perfectly titled books I've ever read. Every character, every location, even every major event in the plot is somehow isolated from the real world. Gil Adamson's wonderful prose carries with it a sense of otherness, making this debut novel a fine read.
We don't learn the actual name of the protagonist, Mary Boulton, until over 100 pages into the book. Until then, and mostly thereafter, she is referred to as "the widow," which not only gives her a slightly off-center identity, but describes her situation as well. Mary wants to be anonymous, and with good reason: she killed her worthless husband and is pursued by his revenge-seeking twin brothers. The details of her past unfold slowly as Mary tries to disappear into the wilderness of Idaho and Montana, dragging along her memories of a loveless childhood, a brutally unhappy marriage, and a dead child of her own. Her fragile mental state teeters on a razor's edge between reality and hallucination throughout her journey and eventual liberation.
The other characters in the book are "outlanders" too. The evil twins--gawked at by the superstitious citizens of the time--are relentless in their pursuit, driven by their need to avenge their brother's death to gain the approval of their aloof and demanding father. The various people who help Mary along the way, Mrs. Cawthra-Elliot (a widow herself), the Crow Indian Henry (actually born in Baltimore) and his white wife Helen who helps her, the Reverend Bonnycastle and the dwarf saloon keeper who befriend her in an isolated mining camp, all are apart from society in some way. The most isolated of all is William Moreland, the Ridgerunner, who has been living in the mountains as a hermit for so long he doesn't know what year it is. He becomes Mary's lover and eventual salvation.
Gil Adamson's talents as a poet translate well into long prose. Her scene-setting descriptions in particular have cadence and structure that make them lyrical but never cloying:
"In the early morning, amid the trembling of mountain aspen, three horsemen came. They crested a rise one by one, the horses blowing, for they were heavily packed, and their riders were large."
When we see it like this--through Mary Bouton's haunted eyes--we become outlanders, too. The experience is very rewarding.
Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
We don't learn the actual name of the protagonist, Mary Boulton, until over 100 pages into the book. Until then, and mostly thereafter, she is referred to as "the widow," which not only gives her a slightly off-center identity, but describes her situation as well. Mary wants to be anonymous, and with good reason: she killed her worthless husband and is pursued by his revenge-seeking twin brothers. The details of her past unfold slowly as Mary tries to disappear into the wilderness of Idaho and Montana, dragging along her memories of a loveless childhood, a brutally unhappy marriage, and a dead child of her own. Her fragile mental state teeters on a razor's edge between reality and hallucination throughout her journey and eventual liberation.
The other characters in the book are "outlanders" too. The evil twins--gawked at by the superstitious citizens of the time--are relentless in their pursuit, driven by their need to avenge their brother's death to gain the approval of their aloof and demanding father. The various people who help Mary along the way, Mrs. Cawthra-Elliot (a widow herself), the Crow Indian Henry (actually born in Baltimore) and his white wife Helen who helps her, the Reverend Bonnycastle and the dwarf saloon keeper who befriend her in an isolated mining camp, all are apart from society in some way. The most isolated of all is William Moreland, the Ridgerunner, who has been living in the mountains as a hermit for so long he doesn't know what year it is. He becomes Mary's lover and eventual salvation.
Gil Adamson's talents as a poet translate well into long prose. Her scene-setting descriptions in particular have cadence and structure that make them lyrical but never cloying:
"In the early morning, amid the trembling of mountain aspen, three horsemen came. They crested a rise one by one, the horses blowing, for they were heavily packed, and their riders were large."
When we see it like this--through Mary Bouton's haunted eyes--we become outlanders, too. The experience is very rewarding.
Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
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Wonderful.
25. April 2008
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Outlander by Gil Adamson is one of those novels that somehow gets under you skin a little. You find yourself somehow colored by the story and catch yourself remembering an incident in the story during the day while your at work and not reading. Not all books come to mind at odd times during the day, but this one does.
Set in 1903, young Mary Boulton is living in an isolated cabin. After losing her baby, and suffering from depression she kills her husband when she learns of his infidelity. Pursued by her dead husband's brothers, Mary is faced daily with life and death situations. Not really being equipped with survival skills each day is a test, but she proves herself to be resilient and manages to evade her pursuers.
As she makes her way to an uncertain freedom through Idaho and Montana, she manages to run into quite a mixture of individuals; some pretty unsavory outcasts, but others that prove to be helpful. With the little help she receives from these unwitting characters Mary manages to survive....at least for a while. In spite of the fact that Mary is a murder it is difficult not to see her in a sympathetic light.
Gil Adamson is a wonderful novelist and reminds me of Andrea Barrett author of Ship Fever, Voyage of the Narwal, Servant of the Map and others. Though the author of Primitive, a book of poetry, and Help Me, Jacques Cousteau, a book of short stories Outlander is Gil Adamson's first novel.
Do novelists who are poets first make better storytellers than those who aren't? In addition to Adamson, I'm thinking of Ron Rash, author of One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight. There is a gift for dialogue and a playfulness with the language that just seems special by these authors.
Set in 1903, young Mary Boulton is living in an isolated cabin. After losing her baby, and suffering from depression she kills her husband when she learns of his infidelity. Pursued by her dead husband's brothers, Mary is faced daily with life and death situations. Not really being equipped with survival skills each day is a test, but she proves herself to be resilient and manages to evade her pursuers.
As she makes her way to an uncertain freedom through Idaho and Montana, she manages to run into quite a mixture of individuals; some pretty unsavory outcasts, but others that prove to be helpful. With the little help she receives from these unwitting characters Mary manages to survive....at least for a while. In spite of the fact that Mary is a murder it is difficult not to see her in a sympathetic light.
Gil Adamson is a wonderful novelist and reminds me of Andrea Barrett author of Ship Fever, Voyage of the Narwal, Servant of the Map and others. Though the author of Primitive, a book of poetry, and Help Me, Jacques Cousteau, a book of short stories Outlander is Gil Adamson's first novel.
Do novelists who are poets first make better storytellers than those who aren't? In addition to Adamson, I'm thinking of Ron Rash, author of One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight. There is a gift for dialogue and a playfulness with the language that just seems special by these authors.
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`Abundance lay about her but she starved'
24. Juni 2008
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In 1903, a newly widowed young woman of 19 is escaping the consequences of both the murder of her husband and the events surrounding it. Her brothers-in-law are intent on catching her to make her face justice. This sets the scene for a brutal journey through the cold western wilderness of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. The widow (as she is generally referred to throughout the novel) carries with her the demons of her past and some of her recollections are not entirely reliable. The widow knows that there is no safe place for her within the confines of what passes for civilisation and so she flees across the Rocky Mountains.
There are a number of different themes in this novel and the setting itself is important. The environment is both beautiful and harsh. In order to survive, the widow needs to appreciate both and to adapt. Along her journey she meets some interesting characters, most of them outlanders in their own way, and learns how to survive. Can she find an enduring happiness?
At times the widow's mind is a confused and confusing space. It isn't always clear where reality begins and ends but this is integral to the story itself. This may not be an easy novel to read, but it is beautifully written and well worth the journey. I found myself reading slowly in order to appreciate the journey while simultaneously wanting to rush ahead to find out the ultimate destination.
This is Ms Adamson's first novel, and I'll certainly be looking to read more of her work.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
There are a number of different themes in this novel and the setting itself is important. The environment is both beautiful and harsh. In order to survive, the widow needs to appreciate both and to adapt. Along her journey she meets some interesting characters, most of them outlanders in their own way, and learns how to survive. Can she find an enduring happiness?
At times the widow's mind is a confused and confusing space. It isn't always clear where reality begins and ends but this is integral to the story itself. This may not be an easy novel to read, but it is beautifully written and well worth the journey. I found myself reading slowly in order to appreciate the journey while simultaneously wanting to rush ahead to find out the ultimate destination.
This is Ms Adamson's first novel, and I'll certainly be looking to read more of her work.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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