itibaren Dilawarpur, Punjab, Hindistan
Yine başka bir büyük Eva Ibbotson.
Onu sevdim.
Bu, Halk Kütüphanesi'nde devam eden Oregon Reads programının bir parçasıdır.
Bu kitap herkes için olmasa da, anlattığı unutulmaz hikayeyle birlikte yazma tarzı okuyucuya okuma cesareti verir. Bu kitabı okumak için bir kişinin cesareti olmalı çünkü bu kolay ve kolay bir okuma değil. Tatlı konularla ilgili değil. Bu kitabı çok sevdim. Beni gözyaşlarına boğdu, ama aynı zamanda aklımı dünyadaki farklı topluluklara açtı. Bir kızın ne olabileceğini anlamamı sağladı. Kalpte hafta ya da ağlamak istemeyenler için tavsiye etmiyorum. Bu kitabı okumak zor ve Williams için yazmasının zor olduğunu biliyorum. Yazması en zor kitaplar bazen en iyisidir ve bu kitap için durum böyledir.
I was given this book by a friend who said it was her favorite book and she wanted me to have it. It took me a while to get around to reading it, but once I started it, I couldn't put it down. I've known people like Ignatius Reilly and author John Kennedy Toole must have known them too. The city of New Orleans in the 1950s is a character in the novel as well, and I enjoyed re-visiting some of those familiar places and seeing Canal Street in all its bawdy glory. This is a sad, funny, biting satire and has some of the funniest lines I've ever read. The overweight, obnoxious Ignatius, in his green hunting cap, lives with his mother and looks down upon everyone else in the world. His universe is populated by a host of unforgettable characters, from Patrolman Mancuso to Myrna "the Minx" Minkoff, to whom he writes obsessively. Ignatius' various adventures are hysterical--his tenure at the Levy Pants Company and as a hot dog vendor stand out in my memory. The backstory, where the author suicides and his mother finds and gets the manuscript published, is just icing on the cake. I keep wondering what else Toole would have written had he lived to see his work recognized? By the way, my friend later asked me to return the book since it was her husband's favorite and he didn't know she had given it away. Writing this makes me realize I need to own a copy. It's just that kind of book.