Hot Milk
Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother s unexplainable illness She s frustrated with Rose and her constant complaints but utterly relieved to be called to abandon her own disappointing fledgling adult life She and Rose travel to the searing, arid coast of southern Spain to see a famous consultant, Dr Gomez their very last chance in the hope that he might cure Rose s unpredictable limb paralysis, but Dr Gomez has strange methods that seem to have little to do with physical medicine, and as the treatment progresses, Rose s illness becomes increasingly baffling Sofia s role as detective tracking Rose s symptoms in an attempt to find the secret motivation for her pain deepens as she discovers her own desires in this transient desert community. Read Hot Milk – kino-fada.fr So I finished this book, am shaking my head and thinking what a strange little book this was Additionally I am sure that there is much I have missed in symbolism and a deeper meaning I am just not getting A mother and a daughter, either the mother is very ill or using her illness as a passive aggressive gesture A 25 year old daughter, who has delayed her thesis in order to take care of her mother, a seriously bad co dependent relationship The daughter does not have much in the way of gumptio So I finished this book, am shaking my head and thinking what a strange little book this was Additionally I am sure that there is much I have missed in symbolism and a deeper meaning I am just not getting A mother and a daughter, either the mother is very ill or using her illness as a passive aggressive gesture A 25 year old daughter, who has delayed her thesis in order to take care of her mother, a seriously bad co dependent relationship The daughter does not have much in the way of gumption, allows herself to be mistreated by her mother, has problems standing up for herself A clinic in Spain, last ditch effort to find out what is wrong with the mother Is the clinic s doctor, call me Gomez, a brilliant clinician or a fraud So in Spain, much changes, and the strangeness begins.Unlikable characters form the most part, a dreamlike vibe from the story, wonderful writing but a book open to each person s own interpretations I seriously can t predict how other readers sill feel...I ve written a lot of book reviews recently in which alcohol had a leading role It was unavoidable I d been reading the works of Fran ois Rabelais and Flann O Brien, both of whom favour situations where quantities of beer and wine are consumed Goodreaders who follow my reviews may have had enough of such alcoholic ramblings so I thought I d write about hot milk today for a change Not that I expect to find many goodreaders who like hot milk Is there anyone who really finds hot milk palatabl I ve written a lot of book reviews recently in which alcohol had a leading role It was unavoidable I d been reading the works of Fran ois Rabelais and ...Despite the multiple negative reviews on this one, including the New York Times review that describes this novel as wanting in narrative, I really loved this book It just goes to show you that not every book is for every reader, and that we all look for different things when we read I thought when I liked it and others didn t that it didn t have a shot for the Man Booker prize, but the day after I finished it, it was named to the shortlist for 2016 I am overflowing like coffee leaking from a Despite the multiple negative reviews on this one, including the New York Times review that describes this novel as wanting in narrative, I really loved this book It just goes to show you that not every book is for every reader, and that we all look for different things when we read I thought when I liked it and others didn t that it didn t have a shot for the Man Booker prize, but the day after I finished it, it was named to the shortlist for 2016 I am overflowing like coffee leaking from a paper cup I wonder, shall I make myself smaller Do I have enough space on Earth to make myself less I have read Deborah Levy before, but this is by far my favorite of hers In the past I felt her playwright ...A marbled white dome, its creamy walls veined with blue minerals, is the place of last resort for a mother daughter pair looking for answers It is a posh medical clinic set in an artificial oasis of flowers in the area of Andalusia, Spain There are smaller yellowed domes also dotting the nearby Spanish desert, and inside them work migrants slaves, r...I just didn t really get this one Nice writing, but the story was all over the place and the dialogue was unnatural.A haunting, enigmatic and dreamlike story analysing a daughter s relationship with her mother and the damage they inflict on one another On the surface not much happens Sofia accompanies her mother Rose to a desert beach resort in Spain where they attend a local clinic to find the mysterious ailment that prevents her mother walking, and has various affairs interspersed with a v...Sophia is twenty five years old and possesses the dark Mediterranean looks of her Greek father She s clever too in the academic sense, at least having completed a master s degree in Anthropology She s currently working in a London coffee shop whilst struggling to finish her doctoral thesis So a trip to southern Spain to accompany her mother, who is seeking a cure for a mystery debilitating illness, seems like just the ticket Whilst there, she swims and fetches water always the wrong w Sophia is twenty five years old and possesses the dark Mediterranean looks of her Gr...Mothering, or lack of it, is at the heart of this eccentric, breast laden book Breasts everywhere, this is a bosomy paradise that features white, blue veined marble domed buildings, the tell tale wet shirt of a nursing mother, a woman selling melons by the road, an entire scene that plays out with our heroine Sofia accidentally and unknowingly topless, and even the book s apt title The female form is everywhere, reminding Sofia of the mothering she missed out on The chesty symbolism protrudes Mothering, or lack of it, is at the heart of this eccentric, breast laden book Breasts everywhere, this is a bosomy paradise that features white, blue veined marble domed buildings, the tell tale wet shirt of a nursing mother, a woman selling melons by the road, an entire scene that plays out with our heroine Sofia accidentally and unknowingly topless, and even the book s apt title The female form is everywhere, reminding Sofia of the mothering she missed out on The chesty symbolism protrudes from every other page.It s understandable that Sofia feels un nurtured She s the spineless daughter of Rose, a narcissistic career invalid whose legs work intermittently, as if by whim Sofia has abando...Debbie has passed from the cool and profitless corners of the unknown where the finest books are published , to the Booker nominated realm of mainstream presses who insist on insipid covers with bikini clad women to flog their books to markets not readers Despite this brutal shift, Debbie has not altered her lean poetic prose style, her steely Ballardian tone, and her panache for poking into the painful nooks of her damaged personnel This short novel features a daughter chained to her hypoc Debbie has passed from the cool and profitless corners of the unknown where the finest books are published , to the Booker nominated realm of mainstream presses who insist on insipid covers with bikini clad women to flog their books to markets not readers Despite t...My love for my mother is like an axe It cuts very deep This is a most unusual mother daughter story, set on the southern coast of Spain Twenty five year old Sofia Papastergiadis has put off her anthropology PhD to accompany her mother, Rose, on a sort of pilgrimage from their home in England to Dr G mez s clinic to assess what s wrong with Rose s legs What I loved about this novel is the uncertainty about who each character really is Is Rose an invalid or a first class hypochondriac Is My love for my mother is like an axe It cuts very deep This is a most unusual mother daughter story, set on the southern coast of Spain Twenty five year old Sofia Papastergiadis has put off her anthropology PhD to accompany her mother, Rose, on a sort of pilgrimage from their home in England to Dr G mez s clinic to assess what s wrong with Rose s legs What I loved about this novel is the uncertainty about who each character really is Is Rose an invalid or a first class hypochondriac Is Dr G mez a miracle worker or a quack who s fleeced them out o...
- English
- 10 August 2017 Deborah Levy
- Hardcover
- 218 pages
- 1620406691
- Deborah Levy
- Hot Milk