Why Read The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Thanks for watching! I really enjoyed the speaker's thoughts on this book linked below. Also sorry for the typo in the quote, I have been editing this for a few hours and my computer's too slow to go back now.
Australian Literature 101: Christina Stead: The Man Who Loved Children: • Australian Literature ...
Holy crap thank you so much reviewing this book! Literally this is the first time I've ever seen anyone on TH-cam give this woman her due. One of my favourite Australian authors, and authors in general
Thank you!
Thanks for this FANTASTIC and thoughtful review. I really feel as though I have a better understanding for this book now. Also, and I hope this isn’t a strange thing to say as part of my first comment on your channel, I find your clarity of voice and engaging observations very calming.
Thanks for your contributions to BookTube. 😊🤓📚 Happy Reading.
Thank you so much!
Wonderful review. I'll subscribe because anybody who feels as you do about this book can recommend books to me! I never look at reviews before I finish a novel and I'm nearing the end, but it was striking me that Louie especially and Sam are so specific that this must be based on Stead's childhood. As I listened to your review I had to admit to myself that my own childhood was a mild version of this one. I think there were a lot of housewives before the Seventies who had given up whatever ambitions they'd had, married, had more children than they wanted and took out their misery on the kids while they watched their husbands more or less realize their dreams. Kids were damaged in this constant storm and then they damaged each other. I won't try to lend this book to anyone. I've had Barkskins returned to me unread three times. Story of my life. The Man Who Loved Children found me in a used bookstore and was recommended by Franzen's blurb on the back. It's been a fabulous ride, much like when I stumbled onto Faulkner's Snopes clan when I was 29 and never again enjoyed any novel that wasn't great literature, no matter how dark. (Now that I''ve looked at your uploads I see I've read twenty of the author's and most of their specific novels.) Keep this up!
Ive long wanted to read this, because I know it's one of Jonathan Franzen's favourites. But I had no clue what it was about. Now I do! Thanks
Loved the collage and the review. Not a book I have heard of, but it sounds pretty amazing.
Thank you!
I agree, the photo collage adds value to your vocal narrative, which has its own precious value. Where did I put that thumb emoji... 👍
I recently started to reading this book, but I had to stop, because Sam made me so angry and also was creeping me out.
I usually have a tendency to grab books with difficult stories and protagonists, but I am not sure if I want to continue with this, despite the fact that the writing was exquisit.
You really ought to hang around for where henny reads jo pollitt for filth for what she says about Bonnie. It’s pure savagery.