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Cargando... Blue Skies (1976 original; edición 2011)por Helen Hodgman
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Blue Skies is Helen Hodgman’s debut novel, written in 1976. This edition includes an insightful introduction by Danielle Wood. The setting is 1970’s Tasmanian suburbia. The story is narrated by a young wife and mother who finds herself unable to muster any enthusiasm for the life she and her neighbours are leading. She avoids the daily gathering of mothers and children at the beach by hiding in her home. Her only respite from the despair in her life and the oppression she feels from the relentless blue skies are the days when she leaves her daughter with her mother-in-law and conducts her affairs with Jonathan the restaurateur (Tuesdays) and Ben the artist, her oldest friend’s husband (Thursdays). As events unfold, her perception of the world around her seems increasingly surreal. More and more, she comes across as either vague or selfish. Suspicions the reader has formed about her may be firmed in the final pages.Hodgman has crafted an extraordinary novel. With an economy of words, her descriptions are vivid and powerful; the atmosphere of 70’s suburbia is brilliantly conveyed; the mood of the narrator is clearly felt. It is easy to see why this Australian classic novel met with high acclaim when it was first published. Blue Skies is Helen Hodgman’s debut novel, written in 1976. This edition includes an insightful introduction by Danielle Wood. The setting is 1970’s Tasmanian suburbia. The story is narrated by a young wife and mother who finds herself unable to muster any enthusiasm for the life she and her neighbours are leading. She avoids the daily gathering of mothers and children at the beach by hiding in her home. Her only respite from the despair in her life and the oppression she feels from the relentless blue skies are the days when she leaves her daughter with her mother-in-law and conducts her affairs with Jonathan the restaurateur (Tuesdays) and Ben the artist, her oldest friend’s husband (Thursdays). As events unfold, her perception of the world around her seems increasingly surreal. More and more, she comes across as either vague or selfish. Suspicions the reader has formed about her may be firmed in the final pages.Hodgman has crafted an extraordinary novel. With an economy of words, her descriptions are vivid and powerful; the atmosphere of 70’s suburbia is brilliantly conveyed; the mood of the narrator is clearly felt. It is easy to see why this Australian classic novel met with high acclaim when it was first published. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Helen Hodgman's classic novel, with an introduction by Danielle Wood. A young wife and mother watches a clock that seems forever stuck at three-in-the-afternoon. Her neighbour obsesses over the front lawn, and the women at the local beach chatter about knitting patterns. Her husband didn't come home last night. She lives for Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the baby is with Mother-in-law and she can escape to a less humdrum life. Jonathan, man about town, is Tuesday. Ben, a freethinking artist, is Thursday. But Jonathan is in serious trouble, and Thursdays are turning sour. Very sour. A brilliant, acerbic tale of a crack-up in stultifying suburbia, Blue Skiesmarked the emergence of a unique voice in Australian fiction. 'A joy to read.' The Times No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The writing style was good though. I will try another book by this author later.
Maybe the wrong book at the wrong time. Or a book which is too far away from my life and my experiences.
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