The Last Chairlift - Paperjale.eus

English hizkuntza

2022ko aza. 12a(e)an Simon & Schuster(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:: 978-1-5011-8927-2

(berrikuspen 1)

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.

Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren’t the first or the last ghosts he sees.

7 edizio

sifuCJC (e)k Irving, John(r)en The Last Chairlift liburuaren kritika egin du

Great characters, repetitive story

3 izar

The book has great characters you get to know well, like most Irving novels. He also explores some new main themes in skiing and LGBTQ+ issues.

But he repeats a bit too much, annoyingly. And I know of no other author that gets so hung up on his secondary themes. It's like Irving bingo. See if any of these ring a bell: author protagonist, Austria-love, a super short man, hotel fixations, wrestling!, a hint of incest, boarding school... It's got 'em all. Also, make sure you like reading screenplays; there's a few interlaced in the narrative.