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Cargando... Memory Wall: Stories (2010 original; edición 2011)por Anthony Doerr (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Short Story Collection Six very well-told stories. Seldom do I read an anthology where all the stories are to my liking. The stories may not be filled with happy scenes, but all of them are life affirming, positive, and complete in themselves. Strangely, I found another copy, from 2011, in my LibraryThing listing. This one was without a review, but was also labeled as five star. Both were public library books. Sadly, I cannot remember reading these stories (about memory no less) before. I did have, for a while, an inkling that I might have seen "The River Nemunas" somewhere in my past, but decided it was only similar to a recalled story. . Great book, beautiful short stories. He really gets at our inner lives, from a great assortment of different people, esp young people. The first story (the title story) is a little bit science-fiction, but not in a bad way, but the rest aren’t. Locations include South Africa, Lithuania, China, and Holocaust-era Germany as well as the USA, and everything felt very real to me. I’ll be checking out more of Doerr’s work soon. Doerr is a brilliant writer, but I'm not passionate about the stories in this book. For some reason they didn't fascinate me. The first one was incredible--so thought-out, immersing and shocking and beautifully-rendered. It was the only one in which the "memory" theme didn't seem somewhat artificial. The second story, with Herb and Imogene, I also liked. The rest, though the writing was extraordinary, just didn't click with me. I'm giving four stars for the writing, but the fifth one stays with me. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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El muro de la memoria reúne cuatro historias inéditas del autor de La luz que no puedes ver, que nos hablan de la conmovedora fortuna de vivir en este mundo. Cada hora, aquí y allá, un sinfín de recuerdos desaparecen para siempre. Y, al mismo tiempo, los niños, explorando lo que les es desconocido, rehacen el mundo de nuevo con la memoria, la fuente de sentido en nuestras vidas, el frágil hilo que nos conecta con nosotros y con los demás. En «El mural de la memoria», un joven sudafricano halla en un secreto del pasado el poder de redimir una vida. En «Río Niemen», un adolescente huérfano se muda a Lituania para vivir con su abuelo y descubre un mundo en el que el mito se hace realidad. «El pueblo 113» nos lleva hasta la presa de las Tres Gargantas, en China, y el pueblo en ciernes del hundimiento. Finalmente, «El más allá» presenta a una mujer atormentada por el Holocausto del que escapó,y que solo encontrará consuelo en el afecto de su nieto. Reseñas: «Una extraordinariamente rica y matizada reflexión sobre la memoria, el tiempo y la pérdida. Doerr es un estilista exquisito.» The Guardian «Extraño y hermoso. Doerr escribe sobre grandes cuestiones, los imponderables, los mayores temores existenciales, y lo hace sin miedo.» The New York Times «Asombrosamente bueno.» The Oregonian «Un pequeño clásico de la literatura contemporánea.» The National Post «La voz de Doerr no tiene límites.» The MillionsENGLISH DESCRIPTION In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review).Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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