Warlight

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In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself at once both shadowed and luminous Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war 14 year old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth They suspect he might be a criminal, and grow both convinced and less concerned as they get to know his eccentric crew of friends men and women with a shared history, all of whom seem determined now to protect, and educate in rather unusual ways Rachel and Nathaniel But are they really what and who they claim to be A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn t know or understand in that time, and it is this journey through reality, recollection, and imagination that is told in this magnificent novel. Free Read [ Warlight ] Author [ Michael Ondaatje ] – kino-fada.fr This might have been a coming of age novel but it s not It might have been a post WWII novel but it s not It might have been a family drama of sorts but it s not The narration is messy, the plot is pointless and the premise is unbelievable Warligh...In 1945 our parents went away and left us in the care of two men who may have been criminals When we are young we rely on the people who surround us to introduce us to the world, to explain the many elements of life that can be so confusing, overwhelming, or simply opaque to young eyes Some of this knowledge can only come from first hand experience, but it helps to have adults at hand, of a trustworthy sort, who can help us along the road of becoming Nathaniel aka Stitch is fourteen His In 1945 our parents went away and left us in the care of two men who may have been criminals When we are young we rely on the people who surround us to introduce us to the world, to explain the many elements of ...Damn this was good I purposely stayed away from reviews but now I m dying to read what others have to say especially since I m long winded review retired for the rest of 2018 From the title itself, Warlight , to the luring first line in the novel In 1945 our parents went away and left us in the care of two men who may have been criminals I was completely captivated to the end.Nathaniel is an adult writing about his life In childhood, Nathaniel, 14, and Rachel 16, get Damn this was good I purposely s...Mahler put the word schwer beside certain passages in his musical scores Meaning difficult Heavy We were told this at some point by The Moth, as if it was a warning He said we needed to prepare for such moments in order to deal with them efficiently, in case we suddenly had to take control of our wits Those times exist for all of us, he kept saying Just as no score relies on only one pitch or level of effort from musicians in the orchestra Sometimes it relies on silence It was a Mahler put the word schwer beside certain passages in his musical scores Meaning...In Warlight, Ondaatje has crafted an ode to twentieth century storytelling A purposeless hero, a disdain for plot, and a lack of sensational revelations equate to a mind numbing read in which nothing much happens In 1945 London, fourteen year old Nathaniel and his older sister, Rachel, are abandoned by their parents, left in the care of a guardian selected by their mother By following Nathaniel in his formative years, Ondaatje presumably intends to explore the aftereffects of war, to examine In Warlight, Ondaatje has crafted an ode to twentieth century storytelling A purposeless hero, a disdain for plot, and a lack of sensational revelations equate to a mind numbing read in which nothing much happens In 1945 London, fourteen year old Nathaniel and his older sister, Rachel, are abandoned by their parents, left in the care of a guardian selected by their mother By following Nathaniel in his formative years, Ondaatje presumably intends to explore the aftereffects of war, to examine how a family is devastated by a pressing obligation to their country However, Nathaniel is largely indifferent to his parents departure He barely knew his father, and his mother s absence is quickly overshadowed by the behavior of his strange mannered guardian nicknamed The Moth and the peculiar social c...A master craftsman at the height of his powers I could have gone on reading this until kingdom come If I had to compare Ondaajte s novels with a city it would be Venice Venice which so eloquently visualises the poetic ordering demands of memory and the exalting aspirations of identity Venice which is washed through with the simultaneously life affirming and melancholy tang of tidal salt water Warlight is a novel about the secret underlife of identity and about how we seek to construc...This is a novel about the after shock of WWII in the lives of one family I don t know if the rest of the Allies experienced it the same way, but in Europe, the adjustment period was in many ways as cruel and fierce and bloody as the war itself And it went on for years.Nathaniel 14 and his sister Rachel 16 inherited much of that chaotic time As Nathaniel narrates his recollections of this period in their lives, I felt such a deep sadness for these two The teen years can be challenging This is a novel about the after shock of WWII in the lives of one family I don t know if the rest of the Allies experienced it the same way, but in Europe, the adjustment period was in many ways as cruel and fierce and bloody as the war itself And it went on for years.Nathaniel 14 and his sister Rachel 16 inherited much of that chaotic time As Nathaniel narrates his recollections of this period in their lives, I felt such a deep sadness for these two The teen years can be challenging enough without the added confusions of a father supposedly pursuing business interests in Asia, and a mother who supposedly joined him, yet left her trunk behind buried under boxes and tarps in the basement of their home.They were supposed to be in boarding school while their upstairs neighbour, nicknamed The Moth by the teenagers, held the home together It didn t last lo...An extraordinarily multilayered and complex historical novel exploring the nature of memory, and a coming of age story set primarily in post war London in 1945 Nathaniel, 14, and his older sister, Rachel are ostensibly abandoned to the care of what they perceive as oddball, suspect and criminal characters They are chiefly The Moth, their lodger, ex boxer The Pimlico Darter and others that enter their lives, some fleetingly, but never to be forgotten such as Olive Lawrence, the independent An extraordinarily multilayered and complex historical novel exploring the nature of memory, and a coming of age story set primarily in post war London in 1945 Nathaniel, 14, and his older sister, Rachel are ostensibly abandoned to the care of what they perceive as oddball, suspect and criminal characters They are chiefly The Moth, their lodger, ex boxer The Pimlico Darter and others that enter their lives, some fleetingly, but never to be forgotten such as Olive Lawrence, the independent woman and ethnographer, who takes them on enlightening night walks Their father has gone to Singapore and their mother, Rose, follows him At their tender age, Nathaniel and Rachel are concerned by their safety and whether they c...Wew, this was a tough and beautiful book at the same time It is a coming of age story of fourteen year old Nathaniel the narrator of this story, looking back and his older sister Rachel, in post war England Their parents have disappeared from their lives and they are surrounded by a colorful set of charac...I wish I hadn t read thisBecause then I d still have it to readJust stunning.

Warlight
  • 16 December 2019
  • Paperback
  • 304 pages
  • 1787330729
  • Michael Ondaatje
  • Warlight