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Temples Of Delight (1991)

Temples of Delight (1991)

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ISBN
0140159533 (ISBN13: 9780140159530)
Language
English
Publisher
penguin

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As I have mentioned before, I read the Book Brahmin questions and answers at shelf-awareness.com. Recently, Maria Semple was the subject because she has a new book coming out. Her book sounds good and I purchased it for the library. The one answer that caught my attention was what she said to the question about her "Top Five Authors". It was Jonathan Franzen, Philip Roth, James Salter, Edward St. Aubyn and Barbara Trapido. I definitely know the first two, the third sounds familiar and I don't know the last two authors at all. I focused on the only woman author and decided to learn more about her. Our library has two books by Barbara Trapido and I randomly started with Temples of Delight. This book was a very pleasant surprise. Alice misses her childhood friend, Jem, and survives some odd people and events before even coming close to finding her. On the surface, Alice's life is fairly normal, but coincidence and serendipity take over her story near the end of the book. It is hard to explain because it all seemed plausible while reading and now I just marvel about how very strange it all was. I have never read a book before with such a weird plot line. Weird was not bad, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.I am not sure to whom I would recommend this book. Various reviews say it is joyful, quirky, witty, painful and pleasurable at the same time, even mysterious. I checked NoveList Plus for suggestions and I believe they were way off base. So, I suggest this book to those who are open to unusual plots, to folk who have a childhood friend they have lost and to lovers of British fiction.

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Startete recht unterhaltsam... für ein paar Seiten. Habe ein Drittel des Buches durchgehalten und dann eingesehen, dass es wohl einfach nicht mein Fall ist.Zur Story:Wie aus dem Nichts schneit die fantasievolle Jem in das Leben der eher zurückhaltenden Alice. Die beiden Schulkameradinnen verbringen eine ereignisreiche, fröhliche Zeit miteinander, die geprägt ist durch Jems übersprudelnde Fantasie. Doch genauso plötzlich wie sie in Alice's Leben auftauchte, verschwindet Jem auch wieder. Bevor sie ans College wechselt, verbringt Alice wieder mehr Zeit mit ihrer Freundin aus vor-Jem-Tagen, Flora...(view spoiler)[ Es wird viel über Alice Eltern geschrieben, Jem erzählt in blühenden Farben von ihrer (erfundenen?) Familie, Flora's Familiengeschichte ist echt grausig und ich konnte nachvollziehen, dass sie die erstbeste Möglichkeit (Studium) ergreift, um diesem Martyrium zu entfliehen.Dann wechselt der Schauplatz nach Oxford - Studium, erste Liebe.... und da hatte mich die Story endgültig verloren. Ich kann nicht genau sagen, woran es lag, aber ich hatte keine Lust mehr, weiterzulesen und noch mehr meiner Zeit in dieses Buch zu investieren. (hide spoiler)]
—Simone

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