Jacinto Castillo itibaren Poksari, Chhattisgarh, India

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2019-11-25 20:40

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Bilgi Yayınevi

Loosely inspired by the life of British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, The Luminist tells the story of Catherine Colebrook, a British woman stationed in Ceylon with her aging diplomat husband. Mourning the death of her son's twin, she becomes obsessed with the science of photography. Rocklin captures the breathless zeal of the 19th century hobbyists, who had the luxury of time, money, and help to pursue -- or in Catherine's case -- perfect a craft. Photography was in its nascent stages, in which every step was a series of variables, barely understood. For Catherine, it is an opportunity to capture life in a way portraiture can't. Assisting in her endeavors is a young Tamil man named Eligius. Much like Karen Blixen and her beloved Farah, Eligius becomes a crucial companion and assistant to Catherine's work. The relationship between the white colonialist and native is heavily romanticized in literature and even if it reflects a historical reality, I'm still often uncomfortable with frequently unacknowledged power and privilege at play in such a relationship. What saved this book from having a kind of White Man's Burden-ness was that Eligius' story was told alongside Catherine's. After his father was killed by British soldiers, Eligius grows up in a village simmering with anger and resentment. He's encouraged to steal from the British to fund insurrectionists but he's impatient with anyone commanding him, Tamil or British. Captivated by photography himself, he struggles with his family's wishes, his own desires, and the weight of the watchful eye of the British who both need and fear the Tamil. The mood of the story is mute anger and simmering sadness; the characters brusque and unlikeable. But I found something in them, the story, and Rocklin's writing that moved me. Despite the raw, vulnerable hostility (or maybe because of), I wanted to follow Catherine and Eligius' story. I felt some sympathy, some bewilderment, some frustration, and even impatience, but I also found flashes of real beauty in the unapologetic, bald honesty of the characters. This was an era of unspoken feelings, sublimated desires, willful ignorance, and naive arrogance -- but the story dips beneath that controlled veneer to reveal the unvarnished grace of growing up, finding one's passion, or learning to hold one's self in full regard. The narrative style is dense at times, but not heavy or overwrought. It's substantial and solid, bracing the story, and I found myself frequently rereading passages to enjoy a phrase or mull on a sentence's meaning. The narrative style is philosophical. Dense -- but not clunky. So much detail is conveyed in a paragraph but I never felt exhausted by it. I'm having a hard time articulating it. The style felt familiar - very literary, a la Byatt and Rushdie - although not quite so deft as those two. But good nonetheless: I was entertained and my brain had something to work at while I read. A meaty literary historical novel, especially good for those who like fiction that tackles religion, loss, identity, motherhood, the creative urge, colonialism, conflict, love, inspiration ... the list of themes could go on and on, but I'll stop. This is a unique debut and I'm excited for Rocklin's next offering.

2019-11-25 22:41

Eğlenceli Moda Çıkartma ve Aktivite Kitabı (300 Çıkartma) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İndigo Çocuk

"Schamanen, Hexen, Goths, Esoteriker usw. haben auch die Eifel erobert. Dies ist an sich kein Problem, wären die Morde nicht gewesen. Die Eifeltroika um und mit Siggi Baumeister wird hier stark gefordert, es geht sogar bis zum Zusammenbruch seines Freundes Rodenstock. Dieser, zusammen mit seiner Frau Emma, konnte zuvor Licht in die diversen „Glaubensrichtungen“ bringen. Ein Mädchen, gothicmäßig geschminkt, ist tot. Ein indianischausgebildeter Schamane wird vorschnell durch den leitenden Kriminalbeamten zum Täter erklärt. Wird der Medizinmann deshalb kurze Zeit später, nach einem Indianerbrauch bestattet, auf einem Baum gefunden? All das ist aber nur der Auftakt zu weiteren Morden in seinem ehemaligen Umfeld. Rodenstock und Siggi lassen, obwohl Zweifler, die verschiedenen Deutungsversuche aus dem illustren Kreis der Anhänger und Freunde des Toten über sich ergehen. Rodenstock reduziert den ganzen Mystizismus auf den Begriff „Quatsch“. Zur weiteren Ablenkung tauchen auch immer wieder Hinweise zu dubiosen Geschäftsverbindungen auf. Trotz allem kommt langsam Licht in das Dunkel, und Siggi Baumeister kann schlußendlich die Morde aufklären. Der 14. Band der Eifel-Krimi-Saga um Siggi Baumeister schwächelt. Fast hat man den Eindruck, Jacques Berndorf mußte aus verschiedenen Versatzstücken ein Buch machen. Es werden Personen eingeführt, Geschäftsverbindungen konstruiert und Fäden verknüpft, auf die wohl besser verzichtet worden wäre. Die heute für einen deutschen Krimi notwendigen Klischees werden zwar alle bedient, vom Umweltschutz im Nationalpark, über Spritpreise, dem karrieregeilen Kriminalbeamten und den Erinnerungen an die deutsche Nazivergangenheit ist alles vertreten, trotzdem kommt nicht das alte Flair der früheren Baumeister-Bände auf. Auch kann der Schluß nach dem ganzen „Mysterien-Brimborium“ nur enttäuschen."

Okuyucu Jacinto Castillo itibaren Poksari, Chhattisgarh, India

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