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Gesprochen von:
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Will Patton
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Kate Mulgrew
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Scott Shepherd
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Clifton Collins Jr.
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Philipp Meyer
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NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer
The critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood and power, follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.
Eli McCullough is just twelve years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his Texas homestead, brutally murder his mother and sister and take him captive. Despite their torture and cruelty, Eli - against all odds - adapts to life with the Comanche, learning their ways and language, taking on a new name, finding a place as the adopted son of the band's chief and fighting their wars against not only other Indians but white men too, which complicates his sense of loyalty, his promised vengeance and his very understanding of self. But when disease, starvation and westward expansion finally decimate the Comanche, Eli is left alone in a world in which he belongs nowhere, neither white nor Indian, civilized nor fully wild.
Deftly interweaving Eli’s story with those of his son Peter and his great-granddaughter JA, The Son maps the legacy of Eli’s ruthlessness, his drive to power and his lifelong status as an outsider, even as the McCullough family rises to become one of the richest in Texas, a ranching and oil dynasty that is as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Yet, like all empires, the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices.
Panoramic, deeply evocative and utterly transporting, The Son is a masterpiece American novel - part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story - that combines the narrative prowess of Larry McMurtry with the knife-edge sharpness of Cormac McCarthy.
'Stunning ... a book that for once really does deserve to be called a masterpiece' Kate Atkinson
'Magnificent ... McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a point of reference, as is There Will Be Blood, but it is not fanciful to be reminded of certain passages from Moby-Dick - it's that good'The Times
'Brilliant ... a wonderful novel' Lionel Shriver
©2013 Philipp Meyer (P)2013 Simon & Schuster
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Gesamt4 out of 5 stars
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- Frank Neubüser
- 20.07.2017
An epic of texan history
...from its (american) beginnings, stretching over several generations of a self-made family of settlers, indian warriors, cattle barons and oil millionaires. I wonder if this is exemplary of Texan society or just the way they wish to be seen?
Anyway the story is gripping and entertaining throughout, interweaving the different perspectives and personal accounts of three family members (Eli, Peter and Jeanie) across 175 years.
The part I found most interesting is that of Eli, abducted by Comanches and growing up to become an Indian warrior. This is a rather new way of handling their Indian heritage, and it is not improbable considering that the last fighting Comanche chief in reality, Quanah Parker, was actually a half-breed.
The stories' characters have an iconic quality and their development may be symptomatic of the societies they lived in, yet there is a stereotypical strain in them, where wish may have been stronger than the actually probable reality. Eli is straightforward, honest, decided, fair and attractive to women, brutal but eventually rational and just; yes such a man must grow to become 100 years old but I suspect that early Texas was rather full of the types depicted in James Carlos Blake's "In the Rogue Blood" (which I recommend for serious comparison).
Reading the different characters is performed by
Will Patton, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Shepherd and Clifton Collins jr. in a truly supportive, congenial way.
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