- Taschenbuch: 275 Seiten
- Verlag: Riverhead Trade (1. Juni 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1573227315
- ISBN-13: 978-1573227315
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,2 x 12,9 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (14 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.257.630 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In Thomas Moran's first novel, The Man in the Box, his title character was a Jew hiding from Nazis in a tiny, hidden space at the back of an Austrian farmer's hayloft. In his second novel, The World I Made for Her, Moran once again confines his protagonist--this time making him a prisoner of his own body. James Blatchley is the victim of a freak illness--chicken pox, a normally harmless disease that can, on occasion, kill otherwise healthy adults. One of the unlucky few, Blatchley ends up in an intensive-care ward, unable to eat or even to breathe without machines. Numbed by morphine, his body ravaged by one infection after another, the one anchor in his life is Nuala, the Irish immigrant nurse who is assigned to his case: "Nuala means 'white shoulders' in Irish, but no one much remembers these old things anymore.... Nuala's small, not above five and a half feet. Her shoulders are thin but broad, like a young boy's and creamy white where I've glimpsed them." Nuala's shoulders may be thin, but it's her strength that is keeping James Blatchley alive. Though he slips in and out of coma, and when conscious, is able to communicate only by mouthing words or spelling them out on an alphabet board, Blatchley manages to develop relationships with his nurses, and he becomes fascinated by Nuala in particular. The little he knows about her difficult life leads him to imagine a better one for her--a cozy cottage in Ireland, a trip around the world. Eventually, however, Blatchley's fantasies become more intimate and soon the line between imagination and a real, if unspoken, love becomes blurred.
The World I Made for Her is an intensely personal novel and one straight from the heart. For five months, Thomas Moran hovered at the brink of death, a victim of the same rare condition that afflicts his fictional alter ego. He was given only a 5 percent chance of surviving. The fact that he lived is something of a miracle; that he was able to take such suffering and turn it to the service of this memorable, profoundly moving novel is a testament both to the author's talent and to the power of art to make even the most uniquely individual experience universal. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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Moran follows The Man in the Box (1997) with a surprisingly compelling tour of the inner life of a young man on life-support. James Blatchley lives in the Intensive Care Unit. A bout of chicken pox turned lethal, and now he breathes with the help of a ventilator, eats via tubes, and mouths words but can't produce sounds. His muscles are so atrophied that he can barely move. Once an NYC detective with an active social life, now Jamess only real-life respite from his fantasy life is his friendship with two nurses, Brigit and Nuala. The two emigrated from Ireland together, and they entertain him with stories of their nocturnal adventures at a bar called the Belle of Hell. Flirty Brigit secretly shoots up the fentanyl that keeps Jamess pain at bay. Nuala is more solid and, to James, more poetic: He recognizes the vulnerability that is almost hidden by her forthright, no-nonsense style. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, James makes up a better life for Nuala. First, its set in a cottage in Ireland; then he even imagines squiring her around the world. But as time passes, the fantasies become more mundane and more intimate. James's mind takes him to Nualas apartment, where the walls are deep colors and the furniture consists of hammocks and a picnic table. Soon the two are communicatingin dreams? in reality?about the things that matter: Nuala serves up childhood vignettes and oblique glimpses of her own pain; James circles endlessly around his questions about death. The boundaries between nurse and patient waver and melt as James takes a turn for the worse, leading to a profoundly startling scene between the two. Moran deftly combines the smells, tastes, and politics of the ICU with a haunting, unhackneyed exploration of loneliness and its antidotes. Despite the grim premise and the graphically rendered bodily functions, Morans hospital- stay novel is fast-paced, filled with vivid human detail, and ultimately deeply affecting. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I thought this book was very powerful and touching. The author writes it from the disabled person's point of view, and you can't help but feel bad for the man. I couldn't stop reading it. Unfortunately, I thought some parts of the book were confusing and dull. When the man starts getting tired, and can't think properly anymore it gets confusing for me, but of course in reality this does happen, so I don't blame the author. Over all I thought it was a good book. I would reccommend this book to people who enjoy reading sad books. After I read this book I really started to enjoy life a lot more.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Moving, well written, tragic but very imaginative plot. I found it a remarkable contrast between his character's fluency in narration and his frustrated inability to articulate to those around him. Couldn't put the book down. I'm now looking forward to purchasing and reading The Man in the Box.
Format:Taschenbuch
I had never heard of this book, and just bought it because it "looked good". I couldn't put it down, and have already read it twice (in less than six months! ) I've recommended it to everyone I know, and am afraid to lend it someone in case they don't return it! I am a physical therapist and sometimes feel that I have become "hardened" after working in the medical field, but this book made me cry! This is probably the best book I have read in several years!
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BEAUTIFULLY HAUNTING FROM A NURSE WHO KNOWS
Moran's writing style flows & encourages your own mind to do the same...as I was reading, I would stop occasionally & remember the severely ill all too young patients in my... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Dezember 1999 von KOOKOO
One of those books
This is one of those books that make a reader work. The prose is compelling, the story engaging but Moran forces the reader to pay attention -- is James hallucinating? Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. November 1999 von Michele T. Woodward
pleasantly surprised by the work of this skilled author
A lot of books pass my desk in the course of a day being employed at a public library, many i put aside to read some other time, but this one i actually took home and jumped into... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A moving, beautifully written book.
This book is quite moving. It is extremely well written and it has an exceptional ending. I would highly recommend this book.
Am 16. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
This is fiction at its best.
Mr. Moran is a genius of an author. He takes you totally inside the brain of a paralyzed but fully coherent young man. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
A fine idea, but falls short in development
I normally don't write reviews for books I don't like, but this one frustrated me so much, I had to make my views known. The first few chapters got the novel off to a great start. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
May be the most moving book I've read in five years.
superb writing, no dead wood or wasted words.
The scene is frightening, an ordinary man felled by a runaway virsus - strapped to a hospital bed, helpless, tubes running... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. November 1998 von JCunningham@msn.com or John Cunningham
The most poignant, soul-searching book I have read in years.
Reading this book was one of the most touching literary experiences I have had in a very long time. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Oktober 1998 von Kathychia@mailcity.com
Beautiful
This book brought back memories of Hemmingway's "A Farewell to Arms", and Oondatje's "The English Patient". Mesmerizing, aching, a truly worthwile read!!!
Am 1. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Mystical but not lyrical
The author has an obvious ability with words and a fine imagination, the best points of this book. I purchased it on the stunning review in Time magazine although, in hindsight, I... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. August 1998 veröffentlicht
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