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<title><![CDATA[La souris bleue, de Kate Atkinson]]></title>
<link>http://latetedanslesbouquins.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/la-souris-bleue-de-kate-atkinson/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lilie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[    &#8221; Un détective privé enquête à Cambridge sur des affaires criminelles qui n&#8217;ont jama]]></description>
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<p align="justify"><font color="#008080"><i>  &#8221; Un détective privé enquête à Cambridge sur des affaires criminelles qui n&#8217;ont jamais été éclaircies. Il doit remonter à des évènements souvent très lointains pour suivre les traces de la mystérieuse &#8220;Souris Bleue&#8221;. Les intrigues se déroulent dans des milieux sociaux très divers, allant de la classe ouvrière à la gentry. Les drames les plus poignants alternent avec les épisodes les plus désopilants, dans lesquels on retrouve le regard caustique de Kate Atkinson sur notre monde moderne&#8230;&#8221;</i></font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8">Cette quatrième de couverture de l&#8217;édition de poche résume à mon avis assez bien ce roman d&#8217;Atkinson.</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8"><b><u>Trois principales histoires s&#8217;y croisent:</u></b></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8">En été 1970, <b>Amélia</b>, petite fille attachante, serrant toujours sa &#8220;Souris bleue&#8221; de ses petites menottes, disparaît mystérieusement alors qu&#8217;elle campe dans le jardin avec l&#8217;une de ses sœurs ainées. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8">En 1979, <b>Michelle</b>, jeune mère et jeune mariée, assassine sous le coup de la folie son mari en lui enfonçant une hâche dans le crâne.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8">En 1994, un inconnu muni d&#8217;un couteau fait irruption dans un bureau d&#8217;avocats et assassine la fille de l&#8217;un d&#8217;eux, <b>Laura</b>, venue travailler pour les vacances.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8"><b>En 2004, leurs proches font appel à Jackson, détective</b>. Le voici investi de trois importantes missions, lui plutôt habitué à gérer les affaires d&#8217;infidélité. Retrouver Amélia (ou sa dépouille?), l&#8217;enfant de Michelle et le meutrier de Laura, ce ne sera pas une mince affaire..</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8">J&#8217;avais découvert cette auteure grâce à <i>Dans les coulisses du musée</i>.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font color="#1989a8">Dans <i>La souris bleue</i>, j&#8217;ai retrouvé avec plaisir son style assez particulier. Atkinson aime les gros romans, <b>fourmillant de personnages divers, mélangeant les cultures, les caractères, les milieux sociaux</b>; elle aime passer d&#8217;une époque à une autre, tisser peu à peu des liens entre les hommes, les lieux et les temps.  Et elle le fait avec <b>un véritable humour</b>,  parsemé ici et là, très britannique, et avec ironie et acidité, parfois. Plus encore que l&#8217;intrigue policière, (j&#8217;aurais du mal à le classer parmi les thrillers) ce sont les personnages, l&#8217;ambiance, le ton de ce roman qui m&#8217;ont accrochés.</font></p>
<p><font color="#1989a8"><b>Un vrai régal.</b></font></p>
<p><font color="#1989a8"><img src="http://latetedanslesbouquins.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/challengeabc1.gif" alt="challengeabc1.gif" /> </font><font color="#808080">2è roman lu pour le challenge ABC.. Suis déjà à la bourre!</font></p>
<p><font color="#808080">Dispo en poche (LGF), 415 pages environ, 6.50€.</font></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Focus on Scottish Literature]]></title>
<link>http://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/focus-on-scottish-literature/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lizzysiddal</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[My face-2-face reading group celebrates its 3rd anniversary in October and so this is a good time to]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><font face="Times New Roman">My face-2-face reading group celebrates its 3rd anniversary in October and so this is a good time to review the impact it has had on my reading.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">At one stage the 20 Scots decided that it was about time that I, the Sassenach in their midst, became educated in the ways of Scottish Literature. So we embarked on a themed read.  The emphasis was firmly on contemporary Scottish literature, though we did pause to take in one or two undisputed Scottish masterpieces.  It has been a surprising journey with some great discoveries along the way.  There truly is a rich seam of Scottish literature to be mined and I will continue to do so.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Listed below are the novels in the sequence we read them.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><strong> </strong></font><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>In Another Light<em> </em></strong>- Andrew Greig<br />
Saltire Book of the Year 2004<br />
More <a target="_blank" href="http://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/that-summer-in-another-light-andrew-greig/">here</a>. </font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Case Histories </strong>- Kate Atkinson<br />
Saltire Book of the Year 2005<br />
Atkinson is not usually thought of as a Scottish author, but she is of Scottish descent and lives in Edinburgh.  C<em>ase Histories </em>is a great read with Atkinson using her quirkiness and originality to extend the format of the detective novel.  And it has one of the best opening chapters I have ever read. </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Clara</strong> &#8211; Janice Galloway<br />
Saltire Book of the Year 2002.<br />
Magnificent.  Full review <a target="_blank" href="http://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/clara-janice-galloway/">here</a>.</font><font face="Times New Roman"><em><strong> </strong></em></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>The Accidental</strong> &#8211; Ali Smith<br />
Whitbread Novel Winner 2005<br />
Text as awful as the paperback cover.   Style over substance with far too much borrowing.  The worse book of the lot.</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>44 Scotland Street / The Sunday Philosophy Club</strong> &#8211; Alexander McCall Smith<br />
You can&#8217;t read contemporary Scottish literature and ignore the national treasure that is Alexander McCall Smith.  His 44 Scotland Street series is set to become more famous that his Ladies Detective Agency and Bertie is a superstar. The Sunday Philosophy Club series is also set in Edinburgh.  Entertaining enough but compared unfavourably to 44 Scotland Street.</font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>The People&#8217;s Act of Love</strong> &#8211; James Meek<br />
Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year 2006 / Ondaatje Prize 2006<br />
Religious fervour and terrorism clash in Siberia during WWI leadinng to extreme behaviour on all sides.  Despite the castration and cannibalism, this novel contains some beautifully written passages &#8211; reminiscent of Tolstoy.  Yet group consensus was that we enjoyed discussing the book more than reading it!</font></font></font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Lanark</strong> &#8211; Alasdair Gray<br />
This was an ambitious read and one which we extended over 3 months.  We needed that long to decipher and digest the manifold realities and the magnificent imagination.  Felt by many to be far too obscure.  It fascinated me despite its difficulty.   It took Alasdair Gray 30 years to write.  I suspect it&#8217;ll take that long before my thoughts are ordered sufficiently to review it.</font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Sunset Song</strong> &#8211; Lewis Grassic Gibbon<br />
Best Scottish Novel of All Time (Public vote 2005)<br />
It&#8217;s easy to see why. The novel traces the social changes to the Scottish rural community following the onset of World War One.  Chris Guthrie is one of the most finely painted female portraits to be penned by a man. The childbirth scene is particularly realistic  Most of the novel is written in a Scots variant, invented by Gibbon himself (easier to read than pure Scots &#8211; Gibbon didn&#8217;t want to alienate his international audience.  A multi-layered novel combining social commentary, emotional maturity and symbolic reference, it is truly a gem deserving all the praise it has received since publication in 1934.</font></font></font></font></font></p>
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