- Taschenbuch: 368 Seiten
- Verlag: Flamingo; Auflage: New edition (2. August 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0586091793
- ISBN-13: 978-0586091791
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,4 x 12,8 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (10 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.711.353 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The Scarecrow of Oz dying of AIDS in Santa Monica? Uncle Henry a child abuser? Dorothy, grown old and crazy, wearing out her last days in a Kansas nursing home? It's all here, in this magically revisionist fantasy on the themes from The Wizard of Oz. For Dorothy Gael (not a misprint), life with Uncle Henry and Aunty Em is no bed of roses: Bible-thumping Emma Gulch is as austere (though not as nasty) as Margaret Hamilton, and her foul- smelling husband's sexual assaults send his unhappy niece over the line into helpless rage at her own wickedness and sullen bullying of the other pupils in nearby Manhattan, Kansas. Despite a brush with salvation (represented by substitute teacher L. Frank Baum), she spirals down to madness courtesy of a climactic twister, only to emerge 70 years later as Dynamite Dottie, terror of her nursing home, where youthful orderly Bill Davison, pierced by her zest for making snow angels and her visions of a happiness she never lived, throws over his joyless fianc‚e and becomes a psychological therapist. Meanwhile, in intervening episodes in 1927 and 1939, Frances Gumm loses her family and her sense of self as she's transformed into The Kid, Judy Garland; and between 1956 and 1989, a little boy named Jonathan, whose imaginary childhood friends were the Oz people, grows up to have his chance to play the Scarecrow dashed by the AIDS that will draw him to Kansas--with counselor Davison in pursuit--in the hope of finding Dorothy's 1880's home and making it, however briefly, his own. This tale of homes lost and sought, potentially so sentimental, gets a powerful charge from Ryman's patient use of homely detail in establishing Dorothy's and Jonathan's childhood perspectives, and from the shocking effects of transforming cultural icons, especially in detailing Dorothy's sexual abuse. Science-fiction author Ryman (The Child Garden, 1990) takes a giant step forward with this mixture of history, fantasy, and cultural myth--all yoked together by the question of whether you can ever really go home. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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'Enthralling' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Forceful and resonant' NEW YORK TIMES 'Staggeringly original and profound' TIME OUT 'The book and the characters will haunt you' DAILY MAIL
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I just turned the last page of "Was," and left the book with a perplexing combination of feelings, ranging from something like euphoria to amazement to utter confusion. This book is perfectly put together, the storylines mesh in breathtaking harmony, and the ending is simply stunning. "Was" is about the loss and redemption of childhood, and its almost insane, stream-of-consciousness style perfectly compliment the childlike magic that holds throughout the entire text. I know this book will haunt me just as the land of Was haunts its characters.
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Everyone loves the Wizard of Oz! Geoff Ryman returns us to childhood, the time when the distinction between art and reality was not so clear. He reminds of the time when seeing a movie like the Wizard of Oz was so powerful that it changed our lives, by crawling up into our tiny heads and never coming down. The Wizard of Oz and films like it are to our culture what the Ramayana is to India; it is a narrative shared by the whole culture together, an epic, a source of references that can lead to mutual understanding, an art form that endlessly gives rise to more and more beautiful art. What is in this book? The true, tragic story of Dorothy; real Munchkins and their make-up artist; a man trying to complete a pilgrimage to the sacred sites of Ozism before the disease he carries kills him. Geoff Ryman writes like a delirious angel. I read this book more than three years ago and it still haunts me.
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My husband and I are visual artists for whom watching "The Wizard of Oz" every year on TV was an important part of our childhoods, so we were intrigued by the subject of the book. "Was" is so intense, neither of us could read it straight through; we sort of had to rest from it every so often. We were impressed by the skillfullness with which the author weaves so many disparate characters and settings, in ways that not only further his plot but burnish the memories and childhood longings that the "Oz" movie elicits. "Was" serves both as an homage to the artistry of L. Frank Baum, Judy Garland, and the Hollywood movie and as a strong work of art in itself. We now want to read more by this author.
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I can't forget
This book is still haunting me. It will not leave my thoughts. I have never experienced anything like it.
Beware....this book will never ever let you go!
Veröffentlicht am 19. September 2000 von "as011g"
How can such a wonderful book be so little known?
One of the great sadnesses of life is to see a work of true wonder be relatively unknown. This deserves to be read widely and if the author checks in to this site to see what is... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Juni 2000 von Bevan Lee
A wonderful combination of fantasy and reality
I bought this book when it was first released because I was intrigued by its premise, but put it away and forgot about it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
One of my all-time favorites
I read this book YEARS ago, and have never forgotten it. I am an admitted fan of the Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland, but this book's intricate weaving of "fact" and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A marvelous book I stumbled upon . . . .
Although a mild amount of confusion made WAS a little slow to get into, I soon found myself captivated by the story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Oktober 1997 veröffentlicht
You don't need to have seen the movie to like the book
This book is a lot of fun to read. I came across it by recommendation because I like historical fiction, and this book has more about what I like in historical fiction than... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
one of the most memorable books i've ever read
The seamlessness with which Ryman weaves the three or four story lines together chapter to chapter make this exquisite elegy to The Wizard of Oz one of the most memorable books... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. November 1996 veröffentlicht
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