Divisadero

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• Divisadero

  California del Nord, anni Settanta. Anna ha sedici anni e vive insieme alla sorella adottiva e al padre nella fattoria di Petaluma. Non ha mai conosciuto la madre, morta di parto, e sin da piccola ha imparato a badare alla fattoria. Ad aiutarla c'è C ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Tue, 23 Nov 2010

• Decline and fall

  Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje Bloomsbury £17.99, pp288 There is a biblical quality to the stories to which Michael Ondaatje is drawn; they grow out of blood and earth. He has the voice for them: his sculpted, inevitable sentences seem made to be wri ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  A tapestry of lives

  I love this book. It will open your heart with its slow working beauty. I have read the "English Patient" and "Anil's Ghost", so this makes my third novel by the Toronto writer. I have loved all of his works. They have a depth of character and of history you rarely find. You can tell he is also a p ... (continue)

  I love this book. It will open your heart with its slow working beauty. I have read the "English Patient" and "Anil's Ghost", so this makes my third novel by the Toronto writer. I have loved all of his works. They have a depth of character and of history you rarely find. You can tell he is also a poet, it comes through in the way he tells a story and more so in the way he understands the world. In Divisadero, the story starts in California, the pacing is fast, and each chapter you have a different main character or focus within the lives of the few main ones. These characters are often not returned to, so be prepared to like them and miss them later. They are related in various ways, but loosely. The themes to look for in Michael's work are family, love, and the repercussions of war. The theme that really gets me is one of infinite solitude, a separateness that does not dissolve even between loved ones. It is essentially the insurmountable space between each one of us, a space we must live with even when we are loved, because it is always there. Each character must make his or her own decisions and make peace with the past. The imagery of France haunts me, it is that lovely.

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• English Books
• Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0747592683
• ISBN-13: 9780747592686
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Pub date: Aug 04, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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