Original Language: English
Títutulu Original: Possession
Translation: María Luisa Balseiro
Year of publication: 1990
Valoración: Advisable
What a pound it is Possession. It is not surprising that he won the 1990 Booker Fiction Award. And it is that As Byatt’s novel has everything: on the one hand I waste quality and ambition, but it is also enjoyable and entertaining; Likewise, he appeals to Sibaritas readers without thereby stopping those who seek escapism.
The premise of Possession It is simple: two academics investigate the documentary trail of love life (previously unknown) of the fictitious victory poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel Lamotte. But Byatt squeezes this premise to the maximum, and the branch in the most interesting addresses.
Thus, the research of Roland Mitchell and Maud Bailey not only serves to develop the romance of Ash and Lamotte, but also allows us to examine the relationship of the former, investigate around the eagerness to know and love, to look out the ins and outs of the specialists in English literature (with their obsessions, quarrels and extravagances) and discover the complex poetic universe of two invented authors.
The structure of Possession It incorporates varied records, which give unique texture and structure to the text: in addition to prose we find letters, newspapers or poetic and narrative texts.
The cast of Possession It is fascinating and complex. From him to decouple to Michell and Bailey (because of the dynamics that his alliance is generating) already Lamotte (whose work, tender as a sinister, reminds me of the authors such as Lucy Clifford, although the character seems based on the poet Christina Rossetti).
I would only put a paste to Possession. And, at least in my opinion, his last third loose. In it, Byatt manages to gather almost the entire cast and link multiple sub -subtramas, which has its merit. However, their resolution and revelations are somewhat cheat and are not up to it, or that impression I had, of everything that precedes them.
Be that as it may, Possession It is a risky and exciting novel fed up, which will like both demanding readers and more casual readers. He has an exquisite stylistic invoice, touches of mystery, research and romance, a well -drawn cast, an ambitious thematic handling and an elegant sense of British humor.
Ah, Possession It was adapted to the cinema under the same name in 2002, and was transmitted serialized on the radio from 2011 to 2012.
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