really can't stand John Irving's style of writing, This was a six hundred page novel that should have been three hundred, Also, I found it to be a little heavyhanded, He admits that it is deliberately didactic, but I think he pushes it the the point that it starts working against him, Any character opposing his ideals is put up as a twodimensional straw man that he villainizes and knocks down, which doesn't help convince anyone of his views.
I was surprised to learn that he wrote the screenplay for the film, which I thought was excellent, If he had employed half the discretion or subtley in the novel that he did in the film it would be a great book, As it is I found it tedious and selfindulgent, What can I say about this beautiful book
Only that I wanted to stroke its pages, . .
Only that it brought a lump in my throat that is always there whenever I think of it, Tie patys žmonės, kurie mums sako, kad privalome saugoti dar negimusių kūdikių gyvybę, jie yra tie patys, kurie nebenori saugoti nieko kito, tik save, po to, kai atsitiktinai pradėtas kūdikis jau būna gimęs.
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Kad ir ką darai, būk naudingas, Kad ir kur bebūtum, kad ir ką bedirbtum tik būk naudingas, Galbūt darbas nebus Dievo, bet argi visi darbai, kurie ne jo, tampa Šėtono darbais Ar viskas gyvenime tik juoda ir balta Ar nusižengimas taisyklei tampa nuodėme O galbūt didesnė nuodėmė būtų jai paklusti Kartais reikia tiesiog pagyventi ir pamatyti, bet argi ne tai yra didžiausia įmanoma prabanga, tenkanti žmogui Galėti laukti ir stebėti, atsitraukiant ir nesikišant O kada nesikišti taptų nuodėme Kokį sprendimą būtų galima laikyti pačiu asmeniškiausiu Ar tą, kuris pasirenka gyvybę sukurti, ar tą, kuris pasirenka gyvybę nutraukti O ir galiausiai, kur brėžiame ribą kas yra gyvybė Kur brėžiame ribas sprendimų, kuriuos priimdami prisidengiame Dievo taisyklėmis O galbūt taisyklės skirtos tik žmonėms Kuriamos tik žmonių Atviros interpretacijoms
Johnas Irvingas vienoje pastraipoje moka pasakyti daugiau, nei kiti rašytojai pasako per visą knygą.
Jis kuria tokį gyvą, tokį tikrą pasaulį, dėmesį skirdamas ne visiems, toli gražu, bet dievaži, kuomet jau atsuka rampos šviesas į veikėją, jis sužiba pačiomis įvairiausiomis įmanomomis spalvomis.
Ir visai kaip spalvos, taip ir žmonių savybės čia nėra nei gražios, nei negražios jos tiesiog yra, Visiems atviri keliai rinktis, suprasti, spręsti kokias taisykles kurtis ir kokių laikytis nes nesvarbu kur ir kada gimėme, visi turime teisę į taisykles, savas ar svetimas, kaip ir visi turime teisę prieš jas užsimerkti.
Ir bet koks taisyklių primetimas, svetimų, nesuprantamų, niekada neatneša tokios pabaigos, kurios norėtum ar tikėtumeis, Irvingas, kaip ir didžioji dalis jo veikėjų, nesiima nei aiškinti, nei teisti, Jis rodo tik tuomet, kai paleidi stipriausius primestus įsitikinimus ką mylėti, kaip mylėti, kaip gyventi ir su kuo, tik tuomet iš tiesų gali pradėti ne šiaip egzistuoti.
Vis dažniau sakau, kad mažai tikrai storų knygų turi tvirtą pateisinimą būti tokiomis storomis, Dažniausiai niekas nenukentėtų, kokiam šimtui puslapių nubyrėjus, Taip ir čia keli apkarpymai šen ar ten, keli išmesti dažniausi pasikartojimai būtų tikrai knygos nesugadinę, Ir vis dėlto, net nuobodžiausias Irvingo puslapis vis tiek persmelktas talentu, prieš kurį neįmanoma užsimerkti, Daug čia vietos įsižeisti, priimti asmeniškai, susierzinti, bet Irvingas nemanipuliuoja nei skaitytoju, nei jo emocijomis, Jis rodo kaip yra ir kaip būna, leisdamas tam, kuris verčia puslapius, į viską žvelgti sekant savo paties moraliniu kompasu, Jo veikėjai, tokie gyvi ir tokie tikri, absoliučiai žmogiški, todėl ne visada pateisinimami, gyvenimai, plaukiantys savomis vagomis, bet kaip ir upės subėgantys į vieną vandenyną, tokį neaprėpiamą, nenuspėjamą visai kaip pats gyvenimas.
Nes Sidro namų taisyklės nėra tik romanas, Tai gyvenimas.
Had I never read this book or not watched the movie, I would have missed
out on something special, Looking at the reviews below tells me I'm not so wrong, There
are many written that are alike no need for another,
This was such a great book by a great author,
Irving also starred in themovie,
I was actually really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book, I am VERY ProLife and was very skeptical before about picking it up, . . although I love John Irving as an author, He is excellent at character development and his stories are so multifaceted that you are never disappointed, This is certainly true here in this novel, My surprisingly favorite character was Melony, She was hauntingly creepy, pathetically adorable and demanding of your attention although not a primary character, I loved how Irving intertwined her story into the theme of the book, There was a parallel running between Dr, Larch and Homer that Irving carved brilliantly, Although somewhat expected, the ending was tragic and sad, I found myself torn with my own personal feelings about the love triangle of Wally, Candy and Homer, One always wants the orphan to find his/her riches or personal happiness, This novel reminds us that sometimes even the underdog doesn't win although he plays a damn good game, All in all, this was a wonderful read, Hats off to Irving once again for a rich and delectable story, . . Maine's's.
St. Cloud's Maine is a little burg with a paper mill and an orphanage, The paper mill closes down and the orphanage is all that is left, Dr. Larch runs the orphanage and feels that he is 'of use' because he helps women either bear their child and leave it at the orphanage or give them a safe abortion.
Homer Wells is one of the orphans,attempts are made to adopt him, None work out so he comes back to the orphanage to stay, Larch trains him to be a midwife, Homer can deliver a baby, but does not believe in performing an abortion himself, He believes in choice,though, which is quite ironic,
Most of the action takes place in St Cloud's, butyears of the action takes place at the Ocean View Orchards in Heart's Haven Maine.
The Worthingtons own the Orchards, Wally is their son who loves the local beauty, Candy Kendall, Candy becomes pregnant and they find their way to St Cloud's, There they meet Homer and Homer leaves the orphanage to go to work at the Orchard,
Another major character is Melony, She too is an orphan, She exacts a promise from Homer to never leave her at the orphanage alone, She cares for Homer but the feelings are not returned, He obviously breaks his promise,
The themes of this book are quite compelling, The major theme of The Cider House Rules is that individuals define their own rules by which to act and live despite societal dictates, In the case of this novel, these rules contextualize the difficult issue of abortion,
John Irving has written so many GREAT novels with welldrawn characters and thought provoking themes, The Cider House Rules is obviously one of his best,
Incredible book, You can watch my review here sitelink be/NINrIZEDco I've read this more than once and can say it is my favourite J Irving novel, It has a tapestry of warmth to it, The book started really very well, I liked the first part, I had also a lot of laughoutloud moments and I was curious to see what would happen next, I was totally in the story and also liked the characters, they were all so particular and eccentric, But going on with the reading I get bored by the story and, above all, by the characters, These never changed, they always said the same things and behaved the same way, It is as if they didn't have a development: they were the same from the beginning of the book till the end, at leastyears later.
Also, from the second part of the story every event and every behaviour of the characters was predictable, I already could foresee what would happen and what they would have done, Maybe the only character that had a small change in her personality and that surprised me was Melony, I arrived at the end of the book that I had enough of the characters and their lives, ” Le regole egli arguiva non pregano le regole ordinano, ”
Pubblicato nel, “Le regole della casa del sidro”, è un romanzo molto conosciuto soprattutto per la trasposizione cinematografica del,
La storia è ambientata nel nebbioso Maine tra iled il,
Allorfanotrofio di St
Clouds, William Larch si occupa di far nascere bambini destinati allabbandono ma, allo stesso tempo, è determinato nel sostenere quelle madri che, invece, scelgono laborto:
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. . il lavoro del Signore e quello del Diavolo, ”
Tra i tanti bambini ospitati, spicca Homer Wells che dopo una serie di grottesche adozioni fallite resta nella struttura come aiutante di Larch.
La vita abitudinaria tra la sala operatoria e la lettura serale di Dickens ai più piccoli, sembra ad Homer un punto fermo fino al giorno in cui arriva una coppia di fidanzati che stravolgeranno la sua vita.
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La seconda parte del romanzo si svolge su più piani: da un lato Homer e la sua scoperta del mondo con le sue regole e delle sue complicate relazioni
dallaltra Larch, che abbandonato da questo figlio putativo diventa sempre più dipendente dalletere.
Forse a tratti un po dispersivo ma comunque un romanzo di grande ricchezza di personaggi, di ambientazioni e di contenuti,
” “Interferisco, io, forse” domandò Larch, “Quando una donna assolutamente priva di mezzi mi dice che non può rassegnarsi ad abortire, che deve invece, semplicemente, mettere al mondo un altro orfano, . . interferisco, io Mimmischio forse
“No,” disse, raschiando, “Lassisto nel parto, mannaggia. E credi che sia felice in genere la vita dei bambini che nascono qui Credi forse che il loro futuro sia roseo”,
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