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Cargando... The End of Alice (1996)por A. M. Homes
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I think it goes without saying that this book is disturbing--it's meant to be. You aren't supposed to agree with the protagonist or even like who he is, but I think you are supposed to see where he comes from and what happened to make him the way he is. The End of Alice is incredibly well written, so it's obvious that Homes has some serious skills. I'm not going to reccommend this book to anyone, as I think you have to be in a certain frame of mind to read it. Next time you want to read something dark and literary, however, consider picking it up. Very well written, even though the subject matter is revolting. Though it was recommended to me as a "book with dark subject matter that will shock you", I wouldn't recommend it to most people I know. That said, I'll definitely pick up another A.M. Homes book. Music for Torching looks intriguing and so I'll give that a go as well. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Chappy amaba a los niños, los amaba tanto, especialmente a Alice, una enigmática niña de doce años, y de maneras tan prohibidas que lleva veintitrés años en la cárcel. Vive allí en un infierno de cuerpos maduros y homosexualidad hasta que recibe las cartas de una joven universitaria que planea seducir a un niño de doce años, fascinada ella también por la terrible y excitante inocencia. ¿Y quién puede saber de esto más que Chappy? Poco a poco irá surgiendo la atroz verdad del prisionero, que se presenta como un doliente Humbert Humbert, y también la verdad de su joven corresponsal y cómplice, perdida en la desolación de la madurez, en la soledad de una tierra de nadie de la sexualidad y de la vida. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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It isn't five stars sheerly for the subject matter, and that's the same reason I write this review -- to warn those who might read this, not knowing what they're going to get into. I don't really feel like glorifying a work wrapped around a pedophile's life or the empathy one can find with him. Still, the writing was sound, the book engrossing -- much like a trainwreck is. ( )