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Paradise news / Lodge, David

Público Ubicación : 823.308766/L752p Autores: Lodge, David, Autor Título : Paradise news Fuente : London [GB] : Penguin Books, 1992, 369 p. Temas : ENGLISH  LITERATURE,  CONTEMPORARY  FICTION  LITERATURE Resumen : The story begins with Bernard, a laicised Catholic priest, escorting his unwilling father Jack to Hawaii at the request of his aunt Ursula, who is dying of cancer. On the day after arrival, Jack is hit by a car and sent to hospital. Bernard spends much time travelling between Jack's bedside and Ursula's nursing home, and through this, gets the opportunity to discover their past. Ursula, always portrayed as the selfish black sheep, had been sexually abused as a child by her oldest brother Sean, who was venerated as a hero by the family for his death in the war. Ursula explains to Bernard that the experience ruined her marriage and her life. She wants Jack's apology for Jack knew of the abuse but kept silent. In the midst of this, Bernard strikes up a tentative relationship with Yolande Miller, the driver of the car that hit his father. Bernard's gradual sexual awakening parallels Ursula's struggle with her illness. The narrative switches between third-person prose, Bernard's diary, a long letter from Bernard to Yolande, and postcards and notes sent from Hawaii by various characters encountered by Bernard and Jack on the plane journey from England, concluding with a letter from Yolande to Bernard....leer masleer menos

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Waiting for the barbarians / Coetzee, J.M.

Público Ubicación : 823.914/C566w Autores: Coetzee, J.M., Autor Título : Waiting for the barbarians Fuente : London [GB] : Penguin Books, 1980, 156 p. Temas : ENGLISH  NOVEL  -  20TH  CENTURY,  ENGLISH  LITERATURE  -  20TH  CENTURY Resumen : It is a novel that explores themes of colonialism, power, and morality through the story of an unnamed magistrate in an isolated frontier town under the rule of a distant empire. The novel takes place in an isolated frontier outpost, where a magistrate leads a quiet, routine life, studying local historical artifacts. His apparent stability is disrupted by the arrival of Colonel Joll, a man obsessed with the barbarian threat and who employs brutal methods, including torture, to extract information from the natives. The magistrate, initially indifferent to the torture, begins to question the legitimacy of the empire's actions and develops empathy for the "barbarians," especially for a young woman who has been tortured and mutilated. The magistrate attempts to protect her and, in an act of defiance of the empire, returns her to her people. This act leads to his arrest and accusation of treason. The novel culminates with the magistrate's imprisonment, where he reflects on the nature of justice, morality, and individual responsibility in a context of imperial oppression. In his final moments, the magistrate realizes that violence and oppression not only affect the "barbarians" but also corrupt those who exercise them and those who tolerate them....leer masleer menos

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