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Cargando... Observatory Mansions (2000)por Edward Carey
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. What a journey that was. I was enamored on page 1... I like solitude, quirky people, apparently shabby old buildings, and I wanted to be a statue when I was a small child. Then things got bleak and a little grotesque, and I loved the story in a different way. Compellingly honest investigation of memory and grief and engagement. ( ) Wow, what a book. A pleasure to read, the delivery is very absorbing. The writer has created a strange but magnificent microcosm where objects are important and time suspended for protagonists, residents of an old mansion. There's a house with many apartments, a house that has seen years of history, that was once a rich house but then transformed into a tenement. In it live several characters whose fates are interconnected in strange ways. Time is suspended for them, they lead a sort of enchanted life in denial from their past. At the heart of it is Francis. Francis wears white gloves, steals various objects for a personal collection and is an ex-employee of a wax figure museum, priding himself on the art of inner and outer stillness. The writer has drawn on his experiences and the fascinating story of Madame Tussauds. The residents lead this half-dead life until a new resident threatens their status quo. With Anna, time is once again set in motion and characters woken from their stagnation, a breath of humanity pushes them out of their doll-like existence. They are forced to face their past and time returns to its normal flow. Their pasts are intrinsically connected and conveyed by objects- objects that Francis collects. At the heart of it is the mansion and Francis' parents, they are central to revealing the full picture. The characters, whose stories unfold little by little, are all very troubled with deep scars, pathological almost. They have built barriers around themselves. As their stories and stories of the objects unfold,we discover how everything is related and intertwined, and it leads us to the deepest, secret corner of the mansion and the saddest corner of Francis' own heart. Why does he wear gloves? Why is there a woman pretending to be a dog? What happened to Francis' dad? Who is the porter? This is a wonderful, bizarre, grotesque tale of pain and loss, with a touch of mystery, a fascinating microcosm of stories. It's delightfully whimsical and surreal and mesmerises you into its world from the start. And it has a heart in the end..and hope, a ray of sunshine. I really love how it was written, the strangeness of it all but in the end warmth shines through barriers. But...Opening up requires courage, it means taking off gloves and getting dirty, leaving the heart fragile. I like it. Very unique. What is there to say about this book? The environment of these characters, and the characters themselves for that matter, is sad, a little pathetic and sometimes contemptible - but things slowly turn around. Carey created some of the most eccentric characters I've read in awhile, and it is strangely believable. All of it, their situation, their troubles, their habits...I feel as if I'm rambling but all I can add is that I really enjoyed this one. un libro come questo non mi capiterà mai più di leggerlo. un libro come questo è difficile da commentare. si può solo provare a rendere l'idea di un libro come questo. questo libro parla di guanti bianchi come simbolismo di un distaccarsi volontariamente dal mondo. in questo libro si parla di solitudine collettiva e di immobilità interiore. questo libro parla di collezioni: di oggetti, e dell'amore racchiuso negli oggetti. questo libro è fatto di ricordi. e un libro come questo non si dimentica. non mi capiterà mai più di leggere un libro come questo. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
The lives of thirty-seven-year-old Francis Orme and his parents and the other residents of the Observatory Mansions are changed when the vulnerable, sympathetic, and resourceful Anna Tap moves into an apartment there. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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