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Inquietud/ Disquiet (Spanish Edition) (2008)

by Julia Leigh(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8439721609 (ISBN13: 9788439721604)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Grijalbo Mondadori Sa

review 1: I initially thought this would be a book I'd finish (it's barely over a hundred pages) but not enjoy. The prose seemed to work really hard to be disruptive. But then that went away, and I realized I was loving this book. So then I went back and reread the beginning, and couldn't even find much of what was tripping me up. So I think this is one of those books that teaches you how to read it as you go. And once that focus on the writing went away, it became just a really good, mood story. I highly recommend it.
review 2: Julia Leigh's novella is a series of glimpses into the lives of a family haunted by secrets both past and present. It is a nouveau-gothic tale that has the tone of an old horror story but has elements of modern living (a dead baby is stored in a ... morestate-of-the-art freezer). Nothing is ever fully explained, and the author skillfully tells a story almost solely through visuals. There is little dialogue, and when it occurs it is terse and gives away nothing. What we see is a carefully chosen selection of images designed to unsettle and put the reader on alert. But this alert is never fully realized, so that the denouement comes off as a bit of a letdown. There is a sense of a parallel universe, that the characters exist on a plateau that is slightly off-kilter to ours. Nothing truly scary happens, but the little things - a still lake, a shed with old canoes, a high heel used to crush a phone jack - build into a frenzy of beautiful lyricism and will leave the reader feeling haunted for days. Indeed, every image conveyed by Leigh is designed to keep itself in the memories of the reader, so that this novella will never quite go away. The prose is wonderfully rich, and the characters feel fully-formed in just a mere 120 pages. Disquiet tells a simple story that has a slight plot, but it pulls its weight in highly developed atmosphere and the author clearly has a gift for story-telling. less

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JackieF87

I really enjoyed this book, and appreciated that it was so small. It reminded me of Brokeback Mountain, in the sense that it really packed a punch in those short amount of pages. The story is set in France, and alludes to a time in Australia, but the characters are what's important. Interestingly enough, the main character is only referred to as 'the woman'. 'The Woman' has two children, and has brought them with her back home to France, after leaving her abusive husband in Australia. Because this story is so small, I don't want to give anything else away- I recommend reading this great story. It is easy enough to read in a day, but will keep you thinking long after that. I'm going to see what else I can read from Julia Leigh :)

Shynro

This book is full of lush description and finely rendered moments but there is no substance, here. There is nothing to hold onto. Disquiet is a slim novel that is far too slim. Too much goes unsaid. The characters are rather flat and narrow, save for the children who are quite well drawn. By the time we reach the climax, it is all deeply unsatisfying because we haven't been given a reason to care enough about anyone involved. This is one of those books that falls desperately short of its potential.

0000

I enjoyed the style of writing and the story is chilling in a macabre sort of way.

alexis12345

Disturbing book. Not an "enjoyable" read.

sweety

Very compelling. Odd and menacing.

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