Paulette Poujol Oriol
Autor de Vale Of Tears: A Novel From Haiti
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Paulette Poujol Oriol
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 12
- Popularidad
- #813,248
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 1
Other reviewers have liked this book, but again, this is one that just didn't work for me. I found the style very distancing - the camera stays in medium shot, so the focus is very much on the overall trajectory. This meant that there was very little psychology, either for Coralie or those who do her down - it's much more 'tell' than 'show'. There's not much dialogue, and what there is is expository rather than insightful. I found myself comparing this book to Jean Rhys's Voyage In The Dark, which is a similar story in that it's about the inevitable sad decline of a young, naive woman with nothing but her beauty to live on - but despite the predictability of the story, you feel what Anna is feeling and in a way can understand the decisions she makes.… (más)