The Gathering (Man Booker Prize) (original 2007; edition 2007)

Þetta er ein tilfinningaþrungnasta bók sem ég hef lesið. Hún hlaut Man Booker verðlaunin 2007 og lýsir líkvöku stórrar fjölskyldu í Írlandi eftir að Liam, einn bræðranna, fremur sjálfsmorð.
Andlátið kemur miklu róti á huga systurinnar Veronicu því það fær hana til að takast á við myrkt leyndarmál sem hún og Liam höfðu átt saman frá því í barnsæsku þeirra.
Orðfæri bókarinnar er eitt af því sem er sjokkerandi við lesturinn en þegar líður á lesturinn varð mér ljóst hve vel það lýsti geðhrifum Veronicu.
Góð saga sem skyldi sem gerði mig á stundum agndofa. ( )

Read for TBR Reading 1001. I've owned this kindle copy since 2015 so it is about time I read it. Anne Enright is an Irish author and the setting is Ireland, death, wake, family. The Irish seem to like to write about death and wakes. This story is the exploration of a sister's stream of conscious state after the death of her brother by suicide. Many family secrets are explored. ( )

if you've ever lost anyone in incomprehensible circumstances and spent every day since delving into and reinterpreting and reinventing smoky memory fragments over and over again getting more and more lost ( )

2.5 stars ( )

This book takes a really direct look at truth, memory, and how we record history. It's very well-written, but it's just too miserable for me. The narrator is so miserable and every thing that happens in this book is seen through the lens of her misery. It helped me find the sorrow and the evil in everything. It is an interesting look at family relationships and the effects each person can have on generations of people, though. ( )