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Cargando... 26apor Diana Evans
   Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  soffitta1 | Feb 5, 2012 |    ) allison.sivak | Sep 28, 2011 |  )1  Milda-TX | Aug 13, 2011 | The characters in this book are beautifully crafted and it soon becomes clear that this book has real heart. A check on the net reveals that this book follows closely the lives of the author and her twin sisters. A wonderful evocation of growing up in London during the eighties and also recounts a childs view of a living in Nigeria for a few years. It will be interesting to see what else is produced from this pen. ( )1 HelenBaker | Mar 12, 2011 | This dreamy, half-magical/half-brutal novel follows identical twins Bessi and Georgia from pre-birth to young adulthood. Their twin-bond is so powerful that it creates an idiosyncratic universe shared only by two; a source of joy and wonder at first, but later an increasing source of pain and wounds. Evans is a skillful writer who evokes the girls' dream-world with ease, and she is equally skilled at painting the real world they live in: their depressed mother, alcoholic father, the struggles of the small family. I wanted to like the book, because I liked some things about it. But ultimately, the whole magical bond between the twins - the whole point of the novel - became simply tedious for me. I liked the characters less and less, and cared less and less about what happened to them; by the end, I was rolling my eyes. Never good. (  )1 2chances | Feb 14, 2011 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Identical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and has mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, while baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when the reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of separateness and solitude, and which of them will be stronger? Wickedly funny and devastatingly moving, 26a is an extraordinary first novel. Part fairytale, part nightmare, it moves from the mundane to the magical, the particular to the universal with exceptional flair and imagination. It is for anyone who has had a childhood, and anyone who knows what it is to lose one. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Their mother is from Nigeria, in touch with her spiritual side, whereas Aubrey is a fairly staid Englishman. Their life is spent in the U.K. with a brief spell in Nigeria, which impacts their lives long after they return. Both sides are evident in the book, a very English childhood with spiritual contacts with their mum's Nigerian world.
Evans brings together family drama, with a touch of the exotic, adding up to a page-turning novel which will stay with you after you turn the final page. Good, but, perhaps inevitably, sad. (