Andrea Lee
Autor de Red Island House
Sobre El Autor
Andrea Lee lives with her husband and two children in Torino, Italy.
Obras de Andrea Lee
Accidental Always 2 copias
Anthropology 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Lee, Andrea Nancy
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1953-04-27
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Educación
- Radcliffe College (BA|1974; MA|1978)
- Ocupaciones
- fiction writer
travel writer - Biografía breve
- "Andrea Lee was born in an educated, upper-middle-class family in Philadelphia. She grew up during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement. Educated in the best schools, Lee finished her master’s degree in English from Harvard. At Harvard, she met and married Tom, who was specializing in Russian history. Subsequently, she accompanied Tom, who was awarded a fellowship to study in Russia, where she lived for ten months. Her experiences in Russia were recorded in a journal. After a year’s stay, both Andrea and Tom returned to the United States, where Andrea took up a job and worked for several years as a staff reporter with the New Yorker. Now she lives with her husband in Paris."
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- Obras
- 13
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- 21
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- Popularidad
- #34,983
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 15
- ISBNs
- 42
- Idiomas
- 3
"You can't come into the country, build a big house, and take what you want. The country comes into you as well, into your blood. And so the land you set out to plunder ends by plundering you."
Remarkably slow-paced, this novel is structured into 10 chapters that can be read as their own distinct stories. My favorite is the first chapter, titled "The Packet War". It is mysterious with gothic vibes!
What I loved:
Andrea Lee's writing style! The prose is lyrical with rich descriptions and keen attention to detail. The settings were so vivid I was transported to the island, basking in the sun, and enjoying the gorgeous beach and beautiful, lush surroundings! She also did an excellent job of crafting interesting characters.
The novel explores important themes, such as questions of identity, privilege and power dynamics, and cultural exchange and the clash between Western influences and local traditions.
Lee also expertly captures the complexities of human relationships. The interactions between the characters felt authentic and layered.
What didn't work for me:
The pacing is quite slow, and while the first chapter immediately captivated me, the rest of the book seemed to drag on a bit and the drastic jump between years may confuse some readers. French and Malagasy languages are peppered throughout the book especially in dialogue or cultural references to add authenticity and linguistic diversity, but at some point, I stopped checking what they meant.
Overall, I did enjoy this novel. This is the type of literary fiction that I love reading now and then - immersive, thought-provoking, complex, and layered.… (más)