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Cargando... Birdy (1978 original; edición 1992)por William Wharton
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I have read before. Not a bad story about 2 childhood friends. ( ) The story is that of two men who have known each other since childhood, both of whom are locked up in a military hospital. The book goes back and forth between present day and the past. The past mostly involved one of the boy's obsession with breeding canaries and learning how to fly. This is the kind of book with a plot I don't even want to discuss because if you knew what it was about you'd likely have no interest in it. 10 pages of detailed descriptions of tending to canary breeding? It should be dull but it isn't. It's fascinating, and engaging, and everything an exceptional book should be. This is definitely a very unique book, but one that manages to be unique without the use of gimmicks or manipulation. The narrative voice reminded me very much of John Irving, and overall it was a surprisingly exceptional read. The late William Wharton was popular in Poland, and my Polish friend has very strongly recommended the book for years. "Birdy" includes an extremely detailed account of raising canaries, a vivid portrayal of a World War II battle scene late in the book, and a terrific ending. The character Birdy is vividly wrought and as memorable as Ignatius in "The Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole.
Birdy is a poet’s novel: obsessive, imagistic, impressionistic, dream-like, lyrical, private, haunted and hypnotically specific, down to the bird’s eye which equals the weight of its brain. Whole passages sing and sway and sweep the world away like so much fine dust. PremiosListas Notables
An inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness." Wharton crafts an unforgettable tale--one that suggests another notion of sanity in a world that is manifestly insane. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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