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. <i>Crackpot</i>, 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.
Adele Wiseman Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Adele Wiseman è stata un'autrice canadese la cui opera si è addentrata nelle profondità dell'identità e dello sradicamento. I suoi genitori, ebrei russi, fuggirono dall'Ucraina per sfuggire ai pogrom, e questa esperienza di esodo e ricerca di una nuova patria probabilmente ha informato i suoi temi letterari. Wiseman ha esplorato le complessità della condizione umana nei suoi scritti, spesso attraverso narrazioni che esaminavano scontri sociali e culturali. Il suo approccio innovativo e la sua prosa acuta hanno lasciato un segno indelebile nella letteratura canadese.
The Stone Angel
- 319pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Intro -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- About the Author.