- Gebundene Ausgabe: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Riverhead Hardcover (16. September 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1573222240
- ISBN-13: 978-1573222242
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,6 x 15 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.315.424 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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What Harry tells us is really all the things he never saw, couldn't read, or didn't fathom, even though they were right before him. From the early 1970s to the present, in the house where he was born in Sydney, Australia, Harry talks about himself as he might over a beer: his living as a journalist, where you learn to write the same stories over and over; his offhand but tender relationship with the Italian immigrants next door and their two little daughters; the ghastly last year of his father's life; his love for fellow-journalist Lucy, with green eyes and great legs, who became pregnant and disappeared. Most of the secrets of Harry's tale are revealed in the first chapter, but their truth unfolds very gradually. Moran's writing is intense and muscular, with opalescent flashes of color and brilliance. The people are grounded in specificity: over 20 years we learn the cadence of Umberto's talk and the rhythms of Harry's dad's final dementia. Beautifully composed about the hollow in Harry's center, which he never quite sees clearly. GraceAnne DeCandido
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Harry Hull returns to Australia after his Vietnam service as little more than a shell of a man. His psyche already damaged by his mother's early death, he feels a distance between himself and those around him, and his guarded and self-protective manner continually undercut his attempts to find happiness. The novel follows him through two decades, focusing on three defining experiences: his long and complicated relationship with Lucy Whitmoor, whom he meets as a young reporter and who will eventually bear their daughter; the emotional turmoil surrounding his father's illness and death; and the near-tragic accident of a neighbor's daughter. Through it all, Harry stumbles toward a bittersweet self-knowledge and a resigned sense of peace with himself. Despite his flaws, Harry is an appealing, very human protagonist, and American novelist Moran (The Man in the Box) convincingly places the action in Australia. A worthwhile choice for most public libraries. Lawrence Rungren, Merrimack Valley Lib. Consortium, Andover, MA
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Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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insightful look from within of an emotionally blind person
14. September 2002
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Following the tradition set by his father and grandfather, Australian Harry Hull is severely wounded serving in Nam. Harry returns to live with his father in the Sidney suburbs. His GI Joe dad, known for drinking beer with a straw due to a World War II injury, obtains a job for his son as a reporter with the Herald. While working there, Harry falls in love with Lucy Whitmoor. They share a seven-year affair while he observes the deterioration of his father.
When Joe dies, Harry feels alone and withdraws emotionally from everyone including Lucy. This ends their relationship as she can no longer reach him. Lucy leaves Sydney carrying Harry's child. When she returns she informs Harry she gave up their child for adoption. Harry needs to know why, but the truth may prove more devastating then he will ever want to see.
Thomas Moran leaves no rock unturned with this insightful look from within of an "emotionally blind" person that seems more like an everyman "nowhere man". By the time Harry learns the meaning of life, he is too acrimoniously human. The story line is told from Harry's Monday morning perspective as he begins to understand what he lost. WHAT HARRY SAW is well written and as deep and baring as a tale can be, but should carry a warning label that this is also as sobering as any novel has been in years. The light at the end of the tunnel is an on rushing train fueled by despair and hopelessness.
Harriet Klausner
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