![]() ![]() ![]() This review is available to non-members for a limited time. The voice comes across as conversational - gossipy and critical of the family without explicitly calling them out as the self-centered jerks readers come to know. The truly outstanding feature of this novel, though, is its narrator, who sometimes seems to be omniscient, and at other times feigns ignorance or admits to imagining whole scenes. This is fascinating in showing the change in. They engender no sympathy in the reader, making it easier to laugh at their failings. It tells the story of a South African farming family at 4 different points in time, at 4 family funerals. Indeed, it's actually pretty funny at times, partially due to Galgut's brilliant depiction of the incredibly dysfunctional Swart family, all of whom, apart from Amor, are unlikeable to one degree or another. Despite the novel's relatively weighty theme, the book doesn't read like its subject is a heavy one it's only after pondering the subtext that it becomes apparent that its ultimate message is somewhat pessimistic. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |