The Stone Angel
- 319 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
Intro -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- About the Author.
Adele Wiseman Knihy
Adele Wisemanová byla kanadská autorka, jejíž tvorba se ponořila do hlubin identity a vykořenění. Její rodiče, ruští Židé, uprchli z Ukrajiny, aby unikli pogromům, a tato zkušenost s exodem a hledáním nového domova se pravděpodobně odrazila v jejích literárních tématech. Wisemanová se ve svých dílech zabývala složitostí lidského údělu, často prostřednictvím příběhů, které zkoumaly sociální a kulturní střety. Její inovativní přístup a pronikavé psaní zanechaly v kanadské literatuře nesmazatelnou stopu.
Hoda is a prostitute, but that is not the most important fact about her. Earthy, bawdy, vulnerable, and big-hearted, she is the daughter of an impoverished Jewish couple who emigrated from Russia to Canada to escape persecution. Growing up in a ghetto of Winnipeg, she experiences cruelty and bigotry early and fights back with humor and anger, which is something to behold as her young body takes on gargantuan proportions. In the neighborhood, she is considered a crackpot and worse. In truth, she is a cracked pot, a flawed human being, but her quest for love, which brings hope out of humiliation, is one of the most memorable in modern fiction. Crackpot , set in the period between two world wars, is Adele Wiseman's comic vision, for all its darkness. Somewhat satirically, the novel touches on puritanical hypocrisy and the inhumanity of institutions, notably the schools and the welfare system. Hoda, caught in a web of relationships beginning with her blind father and humpbacked mother, is its great heartbeat.