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Impurs (2013)

by David Vann(Favorite Author)

3.04 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Gallmeister

review 1: When I picked up this book at the library I had no idea of what I was about to experience. It took me off guard because Galen's life resonated with mine at first. He is a fanatic of spiritual schools of belief and he spends his time thinking about how his perceived reality is there to provide him with meaning to get detached from its new reincarnation. He barely eats and he is completely self absorbed in his own struggles. He doesn't understand his mother, and he has negative feelings towards her because of it. However, he is not entirely responsible for this kind of attitude. It's quite clear from the beginning the his mom doesn't want him to leave her and she is using him as a substitute for a husband. That introduces to many layers of frustrations, the one Galen feels t... moreowards her and the one she feels towards her father because of which all her family is affected. So she is also victim of fate, and it's all a chain reaction, of which Galen is somehow aware just at the end, when he decides to close the circle. I loved this intricate web of psychologically traumatic relationships between the characters. It just showed how the mistakes of parents affect many generations onwards, and some more than others. Nobody could have expected what came at the end of the book, and that's real life, unexpected choices and unexpected outcomes. Some people are better than others at imagining those outcomes and are more prone to be affected by anxiety, however not even that is enough to keep someone safe from the fear of failing to be true to his own expectations.
review 2: Jamais deux sans trois, dit-on. Après la merveille Désolations, je me suis lancée sans transition dans Impurs. Soyons fous. Changement de décor, on passe de l’Alaska frissonnante à la Californie fiévreuse. Encore une fois, David Vann explore les relations familiales, pourries si possible, sinon ce n’est pas drôle. Jusque là, j’adhère. Nous avons Galen, grand dadais pendu contre son gré aux jupes de sa mère, nous avons la tante jalouse et aigrie, et nous avons la jeune cousine, grosse cochonne. N’oublions pas non plus la mamie, aléatoirement amnésique, et accessoirement mère indigne qui préfère et favorise une fille plutôt que l’autre. Tout ce petit monde se côtoie donc dans la jalousie, la cupidité et l’avarice, et, selon les générations, dans le sexe suintant et les délires new age. Malheureusement, les scènes porno-dégueu et les digressions mystico-écolo de Galen m’ont rapidement terrassée d’ennui. Le côté systématique de ses séances de pseudo séduction alternées avec son désir de dématérialisation m’ont franchement ennuyée. À 20% du livre, j’ai déclaré forfait. Et pourtant, je suis persuadée que la fin vaut le détour, mais le cheminement me semble si laborieux, si répétitif et un brin voyeur que je renonce à faire l’effort. Je ne pense pas être chochotte mais là, les scènes de touche-pipi entre cousins, ça fait pitié. Le pauvre Galen passe pour un demeuré (à dessein, j’en suis sûre !), un jeune oisif qui se veut détaché des plaisir terrestres mais qui a bien du mal à se défaire de son obsession pour la chair. J’aurais adoré connaître l’évolution de leurs relations, sachant que Vann excelle à cet exercice, mais cette fois-ci, les moyens pour y arriver me semblent laborieux, et inutilement racoleurs. Bouh, je suis déçue. less

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