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Infrarouge (2000)

by Nancy Huston(Favorite Author)
3.13 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
2742791078 (ISBN13: 9782742791071)
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English
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review 1: I've read a few books from Nancy Huston, liked them all and this one was a big disappointment. I don't mind disturbing characters, they can be quite interesting, but I found Rena impossible to like. I can understand her difficult past (actually, abusive might be more appropriate), but that does not allow her to be so judgmental, cynical, unforgiving,and her total lack of compassion. She seems so arrogant, understanding all these great painters, and despising all those "stupid tourists" around her, including her parents. The paintings she so loves (Italian Renaissance) are also the ones I absolutely dislike, finding them quite disturbing, so this does not help either (reminded me of some paintings I really would like to forget...). In the end, why does she even go to I... moretaly with her parents, this does not make any sense, knowing her personality. I would hope that a smart woman in her 40s would be wiser that she is, more tolerant with the people around her.
review 2: L'histoire d'une photographe canadienne basée à Paris qui rejoint à contrecoeur son père et sa belle-mère en Toscane pour une semaine de balade parmi les merveilles artistiques de la Renaissance au moment où le sort veut que se déchaînent les banlieues de la région parisienne: nous sommes en 2005. La narratrice est accompagnée de sa confidente imaginée avec qui elle partage souvenirs et pensées secrètes; les conversations de ce duo de choc donnent au livre un ton d'une grande liberté, où se livrent sans tabous les conflits et déchirures de la famille comme les relations amoureuses et maternelles qui ont forgé la forte personnalité de la narratrice. Une relation intime et riche du désir côté féminin, une narration au ton toujours très juste, qui ne renonce pas à l'humour et s'achève sur une note d'infinie douleur et de renaissance tout à la fois. less
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sidhanimut
Really a 3.5. Very well written book but is disturbing and at times unsettling to read.
Smart
aspects where intriguing and then there were the infamous parts....
JORJAY
Nancy Huston sait mieux faire!
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