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Cargando... The Island of Last Truth (2011)por Flavia Company
   Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  Wassilissa | May 26, 2018 |   It begins with a mysterious doctor at a New York party who was rumored to be shipwrecked on a deserted island for five years. The bulk of the story is told by him through the woman he falls in love with and lives with for seven years. The epilogue following his death is by the woman, and puts a fascinating twist on everything that came before it. The bulk of the novel is a castaway story as the man is trapped on a small deserted island with a pirate he thought he had killed. In almost the opposite of the civilization depicted in Robinson Crusoe, in this novella they divide up the island, each have territories the other is not allowed in, and rarely cooperate or trade. The tension mounts as he doctor becomes increasingly impatient to find out what is going on in the territory of the pirate. Ultimately, it is not clear whether it should be read as a realistic story or as an allegory of two sides of a man struggling with himself. But it reads well either way. (  ) nosajeel | Jun 21, 2014 |  ) mfernandez | Oct 17, 2013 | It begins with a mysterious doctor at a New York party who was rumored to be shipwrecked on a deserted island for five years. The bulk of the story is told by him through the woman he falls in love with and lives with for seven years. The epilogue following his death is by the woman, and puts a fascinating twist on everything that came before it. The bulk of the novel is a castaway story as the man is trapped on a small deserted island with a pirate he thought he had killed. In almost the opposite of the civilization depicted in Robinson Crusoe, in this novella they divide up the island, each have territories the other is not allowed in, and rarely cooperate or trade. The tension mounts as he doctor becomes increasingly impatient to find out what is going on in the territory of the pirate. Ultimately, it is not clear whether it should be read as a realistic story or as an allegory of two sides of a man struggling with himself. But it reads well either way. ( ) jasonlf | Dec 26, 2012 |  )2  Beamis12 | Nov 6, 2012 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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El relato de un naufragio que se convierte en una reflexión sobre nuestra identidad. Navegar quiere decir saber dónde estamos, de dónde venimos y hacia dónde vamos. Por eso quizá, es más difícil navegar que vivir. Eso nos cuenta la autora en una página de esta espléndida novela, y eso es lo que al principio siente Mathew Prendel, navegante solitario que de repente naufraga en una pequeña isla perdida en el océano, sin saber que en ese cacho de tierra inhóspita le espera otro hombre, un tal Nelson Souza. Las preguntas de Mathew son muchas y las respuestas de Nelson se resumen en pocas palabras secas que imponen sus propias leyes: los dos hombres tendrán que repartirse el territorio, malviviendo cada cual por su cuenta, y será Nelson quien decida cómo y cuándo intentarán dejar la isla, que pronto se convierte para Mathew en una prisión al aire libre, un lugar donde la culpa acecha y los recuerdos del ayer bailan suspendidos en el horizonte. Tras un tiempo que nadie sabe medir por horas y días, llega por fin la hora de partir, de volver a ese mundo que ya no los espera. Mathew vuelve, pero no es el mismo hombre; la experiencia ha hecho de él un ser taciturno, que solo contará la verdadera historia del naufragio a Phoebe, su amante, cuando le falten pocos días para morir. ¿Verdadera? Quien sabe... Ahi está el talento de Flavia Company para acompañarnos hasta el final de una historia cargada de misterio, que nos reconcilia con las extravagancias de la vida y nos recuerda las mejores obras de Conrad y Stevenson.After a pirate attack on his sailboat and the death of his shipmates, Mathew Prendel, a doctor, is shipwrecked on an almost entirely uninhabited island. The only person who lives there is Nelson Souza, the pirate responsible for the deaths of his friends and for his being shipwrecked. Mathew thought he had killed him in his escape and now, paradoxically, the pirate saves his life. This is the start of a difficult coexistence marked by Souza's dominance and his secrets that will end with Souza's death and Mathew's return to civilization.Years later on his deathbed, Mathew asks his lover Phoebe Westore, Ph.D. in literature, to write up his life story in a letter and send it to the Souza family. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Hier kommt nun noch eine andere Kategorie: Die Insel als Schauplatz für Einsamkeit und existentielle Selbsterfahrung. Es handelt sich hier eher um eine kurze Novelle als einen Roman. Am Ende seines Lebens erzählt der Arzt Matthew Prendel seiner Freundin Phoebe die Geschichte seines Schiffbruchs, die er bisher niemandem erzählt hatte. Beim Segeln wurden er und seine Freunde auf der ostafrikanischen Atlantikseite von Piraten überfallen. Prendel selbst schießt einen der Piraten an, doch seine Freunde sterben. Er selbst kann schwimmend fliehen. Nach Tagen erreicht er eine Insel, wo er auf den von ihm angeschossenen Piraten trifft. Die beiden Männer verbringen Jahre auf der Insel.
Das Buch ist knapp geschrieben, dennoch kann man sich die Handlung sehr gut vorstellen. Das Ende ist ausgezeichnet, etwas unerwartet vielleicht, aber völlig stimmig. Ein tolles Buch! (