Take Advantage Of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Drafted By Roddy Doyle Shared As Brochure

hate to be facetious about this, but its true, I love to read good books as much as I love to discover which ones are actual impostorsthat is, which ones are overrated past the norm, books like “On the Road,” “Catcher in the Rye,” or anything by Ayn Rand.
Yuck. Well, this one won the Booker, which I can only guess is a HUGE deal, But I guess the year this book was published there were a few other, if any, contenders for the top prize,

Its certainly not awful, Its actually entertaining, readable, sometimes funny, There is true mastery of the language here, an even flow, The tone is more tolerable than say, Emma Donoghues “Room” which is also about a child growing up, But, although I am not at all a fan of the almighty “Huck Finn”, I must say that this one does not possess that wackinessthere is some unconscious logic to Twain's tale, at the very least.
This is a chapterless novel a pretty ordinary account of a pretty ordinary boy, What is the main motor that keeps the prose congruent, that makes the entire novel work The fact that Patricks parents fight, That's all. They keep it private, they try to keep the kids out of it, yet this still registers within Paddy hes human alright, just not a remarkable one.


Indeed Bookers are bestowed upon like the Pulitzers here in the U, S. to novels that exemplify the experience of being European American for a Pulitzer, This hits several targets to become a wellloved book, but it still remains a comingofage story of an Irish impa precocious, slightly evil ten year old boy.
Who do we side with in this account of playground cruelty amp cute impressions With the bully The victim In this case, I would say, . . neither.

Apathy is the worst type of feeling a book can give its reader, I was first introduced to Roddy Doyles stories when I went to see the movie based on his book The Commitments, and then later on read his book The Guts, which follows the characters in The Commitments, and then following that several years later read The Star Dogs: Beyond the Stars, a short book written for younger readers about the Soviet space dogs.


This story takes place in Barrytown, Dublin, but the antics of these young boys could have taken place in just about anyplace where a small town/village/suburb begins to feel the changes that comes with “progress,” as newer houses are being built in what were once fields that offered a buffer from the encroaching world, the changes that accompany said progress.
But the real heart of this story is about childhood, how it shapes our lives, our views of others and of the world, It sets the ground upon which we will see the future, our future, and it becomes the source of reminiscences, eventually, both those ones good and sometimes bad.
Most often in this story, the boyhood encounters involve the kind of mischievous childhood expeditions youd expect, but Doyle tells them with such a wonderful mixture of fondness, and vividly brings to life this story through the eyes of childhood wonder.


But childhood isnt always filled with magic, dreams dont always come true, and life isnt always fair, Parents sometimes fight, and children arent shielded from the worries of life,

Somehow, Doyle brings all these sides of childhood to life, the pain, the joy, the dreams of childhood years looking to those years of adulthood where we believe we can choose our own destiny with the limitations of childhood removed, and leave behind the memories that haunt us.


I wanted to read this after reading my friend Julies review for this, As she says about this book “there isn't one out there that captures a childhood, or the perspective from ayearold child,

better than this one.
”

Thank you, Julie!

Julies review: sitelink goodreads. com/review/show
This review was written in the late nineties just for myself, and it was buried in amongst my things until today, when I uncovered the journal it was written in.
I have transcribed it verbatim although square brackets indicate some additional information for readability from all those years ago, It is one of my lost reviews,

When I tell others about this novel I talk about sitelinkRoddy Doyle's voice and how he captures the thought patterns of children so well I mention certain tales Patrick tells, like the burning of Sinbad's mouth, or the Grand National, but I never mention the connection the novel has with my own life.


Brian my Dad never left Chris my Mom, but my experiences of abuse and my own violent childhood and my need for isolation are all captured in the voice of Paddy.
I understand his futile fight with Charlo and his alienating defeat of Kevin, The violence and inner pain have been mine and still make teh occassional appearance, However, the most powerful part of the book his Paddy's confusion concerning his Da, He loves the man, wants to be the man, and fears the man, eventually hating him, I've been there myself. Doyle expresses my experience best, Se qualcuno, come me, pensasse che “Paddy Clarke ah ah ah” sia un libro divertente, grazie al quale sorridere e svagarsi dai problemi che ci rincorrono, come volevo fare io leggendolo, si sbaglia.
“Paddy Clarke ah ah ah” è un libro molto triste, che rilascia sofferenza, una sofferenza che per noi adulti è la peggiore, quella dei bambini a causa del comportamento degli adulti.

Il libro racconta le avventure di una banda di ragazzini dublinesi negli anni, raccontata in prima persona da Paddy Clarke, primogenito di una famiglia piccolo borghese irlandese cattolica.
La particolarità che mi ha immediatamente colpita è stato il fatto che la storia è narrata in prima persona dal piccolo Paddy, ma al tempo passato, come se ricordasse episodi della sua infanzia da adulto invece il linguaggio usato è quello dei bambini, semplice, immediato, che segue una logica soltanto infantile, per cui i pensieri gli si allacciano luno con laltro senza continuità, prendendo spunto dal ricordo di un nome o di un gioco, così a caso.
Pertanto tu che leggi pensi ad un adulto rimasto bambino, che non può essere, non è credibile oppure ad un Paddy ancora sulla soglia dellinfanzia che ricorda gli anni passati come se fossero unaltra vita, e questo è più credibile.

Il quadro che emerge è quello di uninfanzia giocosa ma non gioiosa, di una banda di bambini in cui è evidente il bullismo di uno sugli altri, la sottomissione del gruppo nei confronti del più forte e manesco, la crudeltà che i bambini hanno verso i deboli o gli estranei al gruppo, che sfocia in giochi e scherzi spesso spietati.
In questo quadro Paddy desta tenerezza, per la sua bontà ed anche per la debolezza, per la lucidità infantile con cui si guarda intorno ed osserva i suoi coetanei e gli adulti.
Proprio in questultimo punto si trova il cuore del romanzo, nella sofferenza del bambino che guarda i genitori tanto amati farsi la guerra, arrivando dagli urli alle botte, di notte, in salotto, con le porte chiuse e con le grida soffocate, che non sfuggono però allorecchio del figlio maggiore.
Lui guarda e non capisce i comportamenti adulti, sa soltanto che quei due adulti, quel padre un po burbero e distratto, sempre preso dal giornale o dalla tv, e quella madre dolcissima ma anche severa nelleducazione, sono gli esseri che lui ama di più al mondo, dai quali subisce i danni più grandi che si possano fare a un bambino.

Come si fa a trovare divertente questo libro
,