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Trinidad, Caraibi, anni Quaranta. Dalton e Marlee Changoor vivono nel lusso nella loro villa in collina, mentre in una baracca fatiscente e isolata abitano Hans, sua moglie Shweta e il figlio Krishna, insieme ad altre famiglie. Shweta e le donne passano le giornate a cucinare e a prendersi cura dei figli, affidandoli alle divinità induiste per proteggerli dagli spiriti. Krishna e gli altri ragazzini vivono avventure nei campi, si scontrano con i ragazzi della città e sognano un futuro migliore. Quando Dalton scompare nel nulla, la bella Marlee si sente minacciata e offre un lauto compenso a Hans per assumerlo come guardiano notturno. Hans accetta, convinto che quei soldi cambieranno le sorti della sua famiglia. Ma tra lui e Marlee nasce un amore che sconvolge le loro vite. Shweta e Krishna reagiscono con grande dignità, ma il destino incombe come un fantasma tornato a tormentarli dall'aldilà. Intenso e travolgente, "Anime insaziabili" è un romanzo d'avventura che parla d'amore e destino in un tempo e in un luogo dove la vita sembra dominata da vendetta e crudeltà. Come in una tragedia classica, Hosein racconta i conflitti tra leggi umane e religiose, tra sentimenti e doveri, ma soprattutto la ricerca della felicità, quel confine labile tra oscurità e luce, verso cui spiegare le ali.
- ISBN: 1255750235
- Casa Editrice: NN Editore
- Pagine: 416
- Data di uscita: 22-03-2024
Recensioni
Hungry Ghosts is a monster of a book from Kevin Jared Hosein, a dark voyage through the heart of 1940s Trinidad. This is historical fiction at its best: immersive in its setting and haunting in its prose. Thematically, Hosein examines a handful of issues from racism to imperialism, but at its core t Leggi tutto
Atmospheric, immersive, un-put-down-able, truly impressive storytelling from a Caribbean voice you will want to hear from again…and again…. Hungry Ghosts opens with four boys doing a blood pact that will make them brothers for the rest of their lives. Do they know what this pact means? How will i Leggi tutto
Good Gawd. This was ferocious. Am I biased because of my Trinidadian heritage? Nah, it’s a bloody fantastic book. If this doesn’t make the Booker longlist, I’m gonna riot haha. Hooked right from the start because of the extraordinary use of language and the claustrophobic imagery (Hosein definitely k Leggi tutto
Lyrically narrated and inspired by storytelling traditions, Hungry Ghost is astonishing -- my first SIX-STAR book of 2023. It’s hard to summon words to convey how resonant and remarkable this book is. The reader is instantly plunged into Trinidad in the 1940s and the inexplicable disappearance of wea Leggi tutto
Kevin Jared Hosein you are such a great author. I couldn't put your book down. Hungry Ghosts opens with four boys doing a blood pact that will make them brothers for the rest of their lives. Do they know what this pact means? How will it impact their individual lives? That is exactly what we find ou Leggi tutto
Hungry Ghosts, set in Trinidad of the 1940's, is composed of histories passed from one generation to the next, demonstrating the power of oral tradition. Kevin Jared Hosein credits his elders with providing the raw material, with conversation delivered in the patois native to the island nation, and
Author Kevin Jared Hosein has noted that in Hindu tradition a hungry ghost is destined never to get what it wants because its mouth is too small to satisfy its appetite. This image is a metaphor that enhances the author’s portrayal of Trinidad and Tobago in the 1940s, when the island was lurching th Leggi tutto
I loved this novel of 1940’s Trinidad. Set on a sugar cane farm and environs, the book is focused on Hindu families of Indian descent that live in a 10 room barrack-a dilapidated tin and wood structure, with water leaks, flooded floors, rats, a common cooking yard and outhouse, and little to no priv Leggi tutto
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