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The stories of The House at Belle Fontaine span the better part of the twentieth century and almost every continent, revealing apprehensions, passions, secrets, and tragedies among lovers, spouses, landlords and tenants, and lifelong friends. In her crisp and penetrating prose, Tuck delicately probes at the lives of her characters as they navigate exotic locales and their own hearts: an artist learns that her deceased husband had an affair with their young houseguest; a retired couple strains to hold together their forty-year-old marriage on a ship bound for Antarctica; and a French family flees to Lima in the 1940s with devastating consequences for their daughter's young nanny. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Note: I received this book free from NetGalley at my request. This book will be released April 30, 2013 by Atlantic Monthly.
The House at Belle Fontaine is a book of short stories by Lily Tuck, who, unbeknownst to me, has an incredible reputation as a great writer. As part of my 50 Bookish Things to do Before You Die list, I want to read more essay/short story collections, which is why I requested this one. The short stories in this book are melancholic, weaving tales of lost loves, dreams, and lives. While some are sad and heartbreaking, others left me bewildered and wondering whether I had just read a short story of one-half of one.
One of the problems I have encountered in short story collection over the years (less so with essays), is that they do not have a beginning, middle, and end. While I appreciate that short stories are written differently than a full-length novel or essay, the lack of endings has always been my Achilles heel when venturing into this world.
But there were a few essays that I loved, my favorite being The Riding Teacher, a story about two childhood friends and the things that can come between them, while accounting for a complicated love.
For the full review, go here. (