jokususa reviewed Tule takaisin, Mr. Bojangles by Ville Keynäs
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3 stars
Surullinen ja haikea tarina. Ei huono, mutten haluaisi lukea nyt tällaista.
160 sivua ; 22 cm, 160 pages
English language
Published 2019 by Simon & Schuster.
Olivier Bourdeaut: Waiting for Bojangles (Hardcover, 2019, Simon & Schuster)
3 stars
(1 review)
"A young boy lives with his madcap parents, Louise and George, and an exotic bird in a Parisian apartment, where the unopened mail rises in a tower by the door, the bird acts like a member of the family, and his parents dance to Nina Simone's mellifluous classic "Mister Bojangles." As his mother, mesmerizing and unpredictable, descends deeper into mental illness, it is up to the boy and his father to keep her safe and, when that fails, happy. Fleeing Paris for a country home in Spain, they come to understand that some of the most radiant people bear the heaviest burdens"--
Subjects
- hulluus
- intohimo
- rakkaus
- todellisuus
- juhlinta
- epäsovinnaisuus
- kurki (laji)
- perheet
- lapsinäkökulma