Aus dem Englischen von Giovanni und Ditte Bandini. Красотата и силата на романа са в онова напоително потъване в болката, в автентичността на преживяването, в способността да вкараш жестоката трагедия на един човешки живот в детайла на почти незабележимата реакция или обрания жест. When her husband Maurice dies, she is left as sole parent to four children and provider to at least the two youngest. It really is an elegant character study. But the Nora we spend 373 pages with is one passive, emotionally estranged individual. Турбу. Nora seems mystified by the lives of her children. She asked Maurice, who would be ok----everyone was fine excep. Repressing her own grief, she helps her four children move on. He has twice been Stein Visiting Writer at Stanford University and also been a visiting writer at the Michener Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Întrerupe însă pentru a-și începe cariera de jurnalist. Действието в "Нора Уебстър" обхваща трите години след смъртта на Морис - съпругът на героинята. Din 1980 până în 1985 lucrează Tóibín pentru ziarul „Magill”. She is grieving, but not in the usual ways. Perhaps this book feels unfinished because Nora stumbled across her future and purpose by accident and is about to spread her wings once the book ends. But, I adored the experience of having this story read aloud to me, hence the fourth star. Hanser, München 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25063-5. Riots are also erupting in Derry, but only a few of the book’s characters want to talk about that, because the prospects seem so grim. Чудесен Тойбин! He has edited ‘The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction’. Nora has no notion of grace and appears ungrateful for all the efforts of people around her who try to help her through her endless grief. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. There should be a sequel, Kathleen and Linda! “When she asked herself what she was interested in, she had to conclude that she was interested in nothing at all.”. Mr. Toibin lets Nora’s solace lie in the piercing, abstract beauty of music and in a quotidian generosity that always eluded her. Ugh. No, that’s wrong, most literary zombies I’ve read about have more zest and joie de vivre in their big toe. Colm Toibin, short-listed twice for the Man Booker prize, did not disappoint with Nora Webster. She has to find her financial feet and deal with the work-world, all while trying to find a balance that will work for her children. I suppose she’s let gri. It is a long slog of a widow's daily life and her trials and tribulations which don't amount to much. Did not understand the reference, [ The sentences are deceptively plain, and at first the novel feels almost colorless, odorless, mute. Nora faced her fears head on. But she was the mother of Jesus Christ, so the stakes seemed somewhat higher. It seems as though some of her visitors have ulterior motives, and this one is interested in buying Nora’s. The sentences are deceptively plain, and at first the novel feels almost colorless, odorless, mute. Apparently, Colm Tóibín wrote the first chapter of 'Nora Webster' in the spring of 2000, but didn't get to complete it fully until September 2013. These kinds of women s. ‘Nora Webster’ is dull and slow. October 7th 2014 Colm Tóibín (ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ) (n. 30 mai 1955 în Enniscorthy, Comitatul Wexford) este un scriitor, jurnalist și critic literar irlandez. When he finally gives Nora a moment alone, Mr. Toibin shows that she is no sentimentalist: She cares nothing for the contents of that second place, a beach house, and just wants to be rid of it. It examines what happens when you stay, when you work things out with people who have known you since you were a child and have varying degrees of faith in you. Out of his experience in Barcelona be produced two books, the novel ‘The South’ (shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and winner of the Irish Times/ Aer Lingus First Fiction Award) and ‘Homage to Barcelona’, both published in 1990. This situation will eventually become so fraught that Nora walks out of work half-crazed, with a scissors in her hand. t's a modest elegance that pulls you along in this story of 40-ish Irish widow Nora Webster and her family in County Wexford, in Ireland. "Нора Уебстър" е осмият роман на Колъм Тойбин и четвъртият, който съм чела (плюс два сборника с разкази и един прекрасен non-fiction за Барселона). She is struggling to adjust without her husband, Maurice, who died three months ago. She will sell the summer house, get a job, and try to maintain a semblance of normality: vacations in Ireland and Spain, hobbies, and the school year’s rhythms. She is exposed to new friends and hobbies by small events in her daily life. “What surprised her was the hardness of her resolve, how easy it seemed to turn her back on what she had loved, leave this house on the lane to the cliff for others to know, for others to come to in the summer and fill with different noises.”. Prémios. She’s so empty and distant that she’s zombie-like. I get what the author was writing about - a woman coming out from under her old role as a wife and mother - but on the other hand, personally I've never been able to understand the small, scared tentative attempts to change while apparently being more terrified and concerned about the community's opinion. Although 'Nora Webster' showcases some of Tóibín's signature vivid writing, the novel is written under a very thin plot. Many Nora moments resonated with me as a woman in middle age and as a mother. He left Magill in 1985 and travelled in Africa and South America. Virtually nothing of interest happens in this book. I want to know what happens with everyone. Why did one of her sons develop a stutter during these two months? Some people care more about their surface appearances of emotion, apparently, than acting authentically, and Nora is one of these people. Another admirable book that I wish I could say I enjoyed more than I did. Most of the novel is devoted to Nora discovering who she is as a single mother with a love of music and a brave stance in the politics of the day. Краят на 60-те е - времето, в което бих искала да съм живяла и което по някакъв неартикулируем начин отговаря на вътрешния ми ритъм. A subtle portrait of a bereaved family in late 1960s Ireland. Annoyance with a nonstop flow of pious visitors overrides other emotions Nora might feel. In age, Nora falls between my mother’s and my grandmother’s generations—about the time that women were supposed to aspire only to being housewives and that men were in charge of the finances and the family. В този роман няма сензации, тежки обрати и равносметки. Towards the end, you get a really interesting sense of the way everyday life is shaped by the ghostly, the ritualistic, and the spiritual. Why is Norah a loner in her family? (Audible; Fiona Shaw, narrator) 1972 in small-town Ireland. But if you are a reader, like me, who falls in love with characters, I think you will enjoy Mr. Toibin's latest novel, 'Nora Webster'. One final bit of good news for Maurice: Nora’s calculations on what she will do with the proceeds from the sale of the house include buying him a black marble headstone. If Fiona dumps her humourless boyfriend, if Aine enters polit. I get what the author was writing about - a woman coming out from under her old role as a wife and mother - but on the other hand, personally I've never been able to understand the small, scared tentative attempts to change while apparently being more terrified and concerned about the community's opinion. Nora Webster est une mère de famille. But how to keep going when life has lost all purpose? And Nora witnesses the coming of a union to a company so rooted in elitism that the very idea of giving rights to the rabble strikes the Gibneys as damnably rude. Start by marking “Nora Webster” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Refresh and try again. by Scribner. Many unknotted threads in this book. Not colorless but shimmering and profound, like the sea on a cloudy day. She sells the house with little heed to how the decision will affect her children, and with no sense that there are important opinions beyond her own. Donal is desperate to see men walk on the moon, even though he has to fight to get access to a television set; only lately has Nora begun to understand her son’s passions for things like the moonwalk and photography, which are akin to her own newfound passion for the beauty of classical music. They are filled with something that none of us knows yet. “Nora Webster” is ultimately the story of why such gifts come at such a high price. Studiază apoi la universitatea University College Dublin absolvind în 1975. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster and from University College Dublin. When he retur. Nora Webster takes you on a journey of an Irish woman who looses her husband and rediscovers her love of music. Страшна бе не самотата, която я задушаваше, нито миговете, когато смъртта му за пореден път я разтърсваше, сякаш я връхлиташе кола, а ето това – реене с вдигната котва в морето от хора, докато наоколо кипи безсмислен и неразбираем живот." I don't think I would have finished the print version, but I stuck with the audio for Shaw's voice and characterizations--and I'm glad I did! Ultima editare a paginii a fost efectuată la 4 martie 2018, ora 20:25. Nora Webster, Scribner (2014) The House of Names (2017). I don't know how he does it. It has also made her an uneasy rehire in the company’s accounting department, as she calculates not only business expenses but exactly what her status is and how best to stay in her employers’ good graces. The other characters come and go leaving little impression at all. Roman. His other books include: ‘The Modern Library: the 200 Best Novels Since 1950’ (with Carmen Callil); ‘Lady Gregory’s Toothbrush’ (2002); ‘Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar’ (2002) and ‘All a Novelist Needs: Essays on Henry James’ (2010). Narrator is Nora Webster, age 46, recently widowed. I have a feeling if I had read this on paper, my rating would be 3 stars. I enjoyed how Nora goes through grief and then begins life anew. (The two boys can always fend for themselves, she assumes.) She’s quite tired of these visits, yet doesn’t know how she’ll go on without Maurice. This was a project that was clearly dear to him, and written in a way that shows a great love for his country. Towards the end, you get a really interesting sense of the way everyday life is shaped by the ghostly, th. Обожавам бавното му, умозрително писане, наблюдателността, покоя, наситените с емоция и смисъл пролуки между фразите. Hang in there, the story picks up at the end. El are contracte cu mai multe universități, spre exemplu cu Boston College și cu New York University. We’d love your help. Why are her sisters afraid of her? Why do her children have a better relationship with their aunts and uncles than with their mother? Nora Webster takes you on a journey of an Irish woman who looses her husband and rediscovers her love of music. I also read that Nora was partly based on Toibin’s mother coming to terms with his father’s death (and one of the stuttering sons is partly based on himself). Those with families who suppress emotions will likely relate to this; those with fiery, door-slamming families will be left frustrated by the emptiness.

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