The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle / northern green pixie
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | In the same vein as Steinbeck, and Proulx, Boyle examines the plight of the migrant & immigrant in the USA. This book is heartbreaking - wonderfully written, the story follows the parallel lives of a Mexican couple - Candido & America, illegal immigrants camping just outside Los Angeles, and a professional American couple - Delaney & Kyra, who live in a luxurious house in an exclusive housing development close to the Mexicans'camp. Candido and his pregnant wife struggle to survive, exploited by their white neighbours and robbed by their countrymen. My heart was in my mouth at several points in the novel, as the lives of Candido and America took harrowing turns. Delaney agonises over his 'liberal' principles while being drawn into the paranoia of his bigoted wealthy neighbours to the point where he too sees the Mexicans as a threat to his comfort and security. Real estate agent Kyra sees the immigrants as garbage that blights the landscape, putting off potential buyers for the properties she tries to sell, reducing the huge commissions she earns from her sales. Delaney, a naturalist who writes a magazine column on the local flora & fauna, provides Boyle with the opportunity to consider the effect that the human population has on the physical environment.The novel is heavy with irony, which Boyle uses to great effect in delivering a searing indictment on modern America. This book will stay in my mind for a long time. Highly recommended. |
| 撮影日 | 2006-05-17 21:44:55 |
| 撮影者 | northern green pixie , Leeds, uk |
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| カメラ | FinePix A405 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.0 |