This a strange, and yet very poetic novel.

Equally a physical space and a dreamscape on which characters project their fears, desires, and identities, the. Is so refreshing to read because of the strangeness of the lyrics the story's voice intoned.

JavaScript muss aktviert sein, um diese Webseite nutzen zu können. I was carried along very happily, especially enjoying the parts in the camp setting above the Whirlpool. Fleda goes to live in the woods, rejecting social conventions of the time, while Maude renews contact with her mute son, who begins in his own way to speak.

I have read Jane Urquhart before and like her writing style. Further reading.

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There are also many vivid descriptions of battles, Laura Secord, Robert Browning, an ill-conceived bid to go over the Falls, and small town Ontario in the 1880s. [8], In this novel, Urquhart uses the landscape of Niagara Falls in the 19th century to explore themes of “obsession, withdrawal and the relationship of individuals to both society and nature.”[9], Though it has a plot, The Whirlpool has a prose poem density. "[12] The experience of loss at such a young age shaped Urquhart's writing, particularly The Whirlpool, whose protagonist, Fleda, is similarly a young widow.

The novel ends with him too, and this is possibly the strangest aspect to the book - and not all that easy to understand - although he and Shelley are poets as is one of the characters in the main body of the novel. Maud the undertakers widow is left to clear up the bodies the whirlpool throws up. She has a son with autism who mutely observes … Although descriptive and vivid, and obviously well-researched, it didn't really pull together for me, perhaps because I was disappointed in the fractious relationship between the main characters. The other is the widow of the local mortician and she buries those who risk their lives going over the falls.

Time Travel with These 15 YA Historical Fiction Novels. Erfahre. The Whirlpool Menu Cook Book by Adams, Charlotte A readable copy.

hmmmmm.....I almost gave up reading this dirge three times.....although the imagery is occasionally fascinating, it doesn't warrant 237 pages.

[10], Jane Urquhart's work is notable for its focus on passionate and dreamy characters haunted by lively imaginations.

The main protagonist of the story is Fleda, the dreamer, who “reads and breathes Browning's poetics, soon Patrick's as well, with a tenderness - for his reality - that he cannot countenance: "Patrick began to shake. Mrs. Urquhart tells a haunting tale mostly through indirection and psychological action.

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. The Whirlpool is her first novel, and while it's good, it didn't have the same depth for me as other titles.

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The other is the widow of the local mortician and she buries those who risk their lives going over the falls. There is usually obsession in her stories, and obsession is always a fascinating condition, I find. The narrative connects four characters living in the Niagara Falls region of Canada, each of whom has a particular link to the region: a historian researching the War of 1812 and obsessed with Laura Secord, his wife, who loves Browning's poetry and staring at the whirlpool near where they are building a new house, a poet obsessed with the wife and the thought of swimming through the nearby whirlpool and a female funeral director whose work includes identifying and burying people drowned in the area's perilous waters. To see what your friends thought of this book.

She has to deal with all the suicides at the Falls and the stuntmen who fail in their attempts to ride the Rapids or swim the Whirlpool. Their stories create a powerful picture of the evanescence of life and the power of repressed passion to drive our thoughts.

It was elusive. I have read Jane Urquhart before and like her writing style.

We’d love your help. Taking on the iconic setting of Niagara Falls with its larger-than-life evocation of a sense of wonder, Urquhart tells a tale that is fundamentally about the beauty of people and their ability to shift and change like the whirlpool they live next to. By Cheeto-chan Ongoing - Updated Jun 24 Embed Story Share via Email Read New Reading List . I enjoyed this. Then there is the Old River Man who constantly watches the Falls for victims and pulls them from the water to deliver to the undertaker for payment in the form of a bottle of whiskey. “World Literature Today.” World Literature Today, vol. She has a son with autism who mutely observes everything going on in town.

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A rather strange book set in the Niagara Falls area (a place I have wanted to visit) in the 1880's. <, Roger, Robin.

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Equally a physical space and a dreamscape on which characters project their fears, desires, and identities, the Whirlpool itself comes to suck in identities and concepts, taking on imagery of sexuality, freedom, and, as a potential killer, of course it takes on imagery of death. A 'dark' book.

The novel begins with an aging Robert Browning - nearing death in Venice, dreaming of Shelley. "Urquhart returns to Guelph as Writer-in-Residence."

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It was written after the author had achieved a degree of critical and popular recognition after writing in relative obscurity for much of his life.

Ob Sie nach Hotels, Ferienhäusern oder Ferienunterkünften suchen – Sie finden immer den garantiert niedrigsten Preis. Patrick is a poet, determined to understand Fleda and the whirlpool, both curiously and inextricably linked in his mind.

"And, Even More, the Overpainter - Robin Roger talks with Jane Urquhart."

I love Jane Urquhart, I particularly enjoyed Away and The Under Painter.

Reading this novel felt like watching a classic foreign film.

This my first exposure to Jane Urquarts writing. Two admirers follow her: Cyrus Redgrave a wealthy bachelor who makes an indecent proposal and Harvey Rolfe whom she ends up marrying. The Whirlpool is a novel by English author George Gissing, first published in 1897. It features a diverse cast of characters including the widow of the local undertaker who has taken over her husband's business. There are many vivid characters: an undertaker's widow and her autistic son, the old river man who collects bodies from the whirlpool, the poet, the young woman and her military husband living in their tent beside the whirlpool.

She has a strange child - only ever knowsn as The Child, whose behaviour suggests autism - but as this is 1889 that word is never applied to him.

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