Daphne du Maurier
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.71 | 1551 Users | 146 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Parasites |
| Author | : | Daphne du Maurier |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | May 5th 2005 by Virago (first published 1949) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Interpretation As Books The Parasites
This has some brilliant ideas and contains scads of wisdom about the pitfalls and the rewards of a creative life. Three siblings whose parents were Pappy, a famous singer, and Mama, a brilliant dancer, spend an afternoon remembering their childhood and decisions they have made.They are brought to this circumspection because Maria's husband has just called them 3 parasites. Maria and Niall and Celia (in that birth order) have always been inseparable since they were children and traveled around with their parents in a bohemian style from theater to hotel all around the world.
At first I was in disagreement with Charles, but I can see how he did suffer with a wife who was a brilliant stage actor. Of the 3 siblings, Maria was the most self-centered, but she had her art and it was her whole life. Probably, she should never have married and had children, because she ignored both. Niall was a world famous popular song writer and Celia did gorgeous drawings, but loved helping people more than her art, so she truly wasn't parasitic, unless the author is saying that some people are cloying in their need to take care of others?
This is very sad, but there is also humor in the book, in this section duMaurier is describing Niall's driving:
Always an indifferent driver . . .Niall became worse through the years, because he became progressively more vague. . . He shot traffic lights, not with intention, but because momentarily he would confuse green with red; or alternatively he would stay waiting, overtime, when the colours changed, so that only the infuriated hooting of drivers in the rear,. . .would startle him from a temporary dream into instant, and often fatal, action.
I love that section, because I am just the same!
Point Books Supposing The Parasites
| ISBN: | 1844080722 (ISBN13: 9781844080724) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Out Of Books The Parasites
Ratings: 3.71 From 1551 Users | 146 ReviewsJudge Out Of Books The Parasites
i'm still thinking about this book three days later. it differs from other du maurier works in that there isn't anything gothic or spooky about it. the parasites is a novel of three siblings, two of whom are not related to each other by blood: maria, the daughter of a famous singer who marries an even more famous dancer who has a son named niall born in the same year as maria, and celia, the daughter the two artists come to have together. it is told mostly in flashback: the three siblings areI wasn't sure at first. This is very much a character study rather than straight forward narrative but crickey, once you get absorbed into their world and lifestyle it's compelling stuff. And like all du Maurier, has a great ending that left me contemplative and satisfied.
Filled with character stories and sordid affairs, this book had me riveted. I couldn't put it down. The only reason that I didn't give it five stars was I was highly disappointed in the end. It's not like one of those endings where it's not what you want, so you're disappointed - no, it just kind of trails off. I suppose du Maurier wants the reader to draw her own conclusions, and I always hate endings like that.I loved how suggestive du Maurier could be without crossing the boundary into smut.
i liked the premise but the execution was kind of lacklustre. Like it had the element of ~things are dark but we are too posh and uptight and english to talk about it properly~ that Rebecca has but it was a lot less compelling? A little bit disappointing tbh
Loved. This. Book. Some of the best character development Ive ever read. This book should be a study in writing complex characters. Im adding it to my favorites list. You should read it!
Not one of Du Maurier's most famous novels, but one of her very best, maybe because, for once, it's not a gothic mystery. Du Maurier's style isn't extraordinarily inventive, but it's very solid, accurate, and she has a gift for telling compelling stories with great characters. This novel about a family of artists and the complex ties that bind them all has more depth than one could expect and is the kind of book you want to read by a fire on a winter night.
This is the funniest du Maurier novel I've read for the du Maurier literature class, but it has its own tragedy as well. An intense character study with moments of plural first person narration, the Delaney siblings are put under the microscope and are exposed for the parasites Maria's husband claims they are.LGBTQ+ rep is ambiguous, but I'd like to believe Celia is ace because of a line near the end of the book.
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