Absolution: Roman (German Edition)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00D1S916W
Publish date: August 26th 2013
Publisher: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt
Pages no: 497
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Crime
Wow, this might be the best book I'll read this year. The story of Clare Wald and Sam Leroux and the secrets, lies and truths that bind them and tear at them is riveting and beautifully written; Patrick Flanery may be a debut author but he writes like Margaret Atwood and tackles tough social, histor...
This is a story of lives lived in ways which give cause for regret. This is becoming a genre. Ian McEwan talked about Atonement. Here the quest is for Absolution. In both cases memory and remembrances are fluid. They are fuzzy or not reliable. The quests for Atonement and Absolution become larger...
Choppy and confusing. Every few pages it changes point of view, locale, time frame, and verb tense. Heavy use of present tense narration, of which I am generally not a fan. If you dislike the use of second-person narration, ("You smile at me and nod your head."), this book will try your patience.
Set in post-apartheid South Africa, Absolution focuses on a series of meetings between elderly writer, Clare Wald, and her recently-appointed biographer, Samuel Leroux. However at the real heart of the novel lies the fate of Laura, Clare's daughter. Missing, presumed dead, Laura was actively involve...
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