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Edisto
Padgett Powell
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
Simons Everson Manigault ('You say it "Simmons". I'm a rare one-m Simons') lives with his mother, an eccentric professor known as the Duchess, on an isolated strip of South Carolina coast. Convinced that her son can be a writer of genius, the Duchess has immersed Simons in the literary classics since birth and has given him free rein to gather materials in such spots as the Baby Grand, a local black nightclub.
Although possessed of a vocabulary and sophistication beyond his years, Simons feels the normal adolescent bewilderment about the behaviour of his parents. His conventional father, the Progenitor, has recently left the family in a dispute over Simons' upbringing and has moved to nearby Hilton Head, where he would like to see his son raised in the orthodox surroundings of condominiums, country clubs and private schools. So the Duchess brings in Taurus, an enigmatic father-surrogate who tutors the boy in the art of watching the world without presumption.
Rezensionen
Wonderfully funny, with an exotic dash of Flannery O'
A remarkable book ... there is not a line that simply slides by; each, in one way or another, turns things to a fresh and unexpected angle. There are splendid things said
Truly remarkable ... both as a narrative and in its extraordinary use of language. It reminds one of <i>The Catcher in the Rye</i>, but it`s better-sharper, funnier, and more poignant
Compelling . . . a coming of age tale to rank alongside those of Holden Caulfield and Huckleberry Finn.
Reading <i>Edisto </i>fifteen to twenty years later, I reacted exactly the same way: caught in the headlights and grateful for not being run over. Line for line, the best first novel I'
Powell creates a language that captures rhythms and reflections that are at once original and true
Simons Manigault is brother to all literary adolescents-Mailer`s D.J., Salinger`s Holden Caufield, Joyce`s Stephen Dedalus ... Edisto is a sparkling read, so full of an energetic intelligence, inventiveness, love of language, and love of people ... Padgett Powell is an extravagantly talented writer
Powell's voice reminded me very much of Zelda Fitzgerald'
Line-for-line it'
Sly, pungent, lyric, funny, and unlikely to be forgotten
A tour de force ... I found myself increasingly charmed by the book`s wit and impressed by its originality. Some turn of phrase, some flash of humor, some freshly observed detail, some accurately rendered perception of a child`s pain or a child`s amazement transfigures nearly every page. Powell`s ear is acute: one of the pleasures of the book is his ability to catch the nuances of Southern speech, whether it is the malicious conversation of the Doctor`s academic colleagues at a cocktail party or the genial banter of country folks at the fishing pier
Edisto is a startling book, full of new sights, sounds, and ways if feeling. Mr. Powell weaves wonderful tapestries from ordinary speech; his people, black and white, whether speaking to each other or past each other, tells us things that we never heard before. The book is subtle, daring, and brilliant
