But unlike the daring-do characters out of comic books and high fantasy, Harrington not only can’t control his growing ability, he doesn’t seem inclined to use it to save the world or fight crime. By fits and starts, he is becoming invisible-literally. Others not seeing him is the problem he thinks he has. In spite of a fling with Elizabeth in Spain, he can’t connect with people, either because he isn’t sure of what, if anything, he wants or because others aren’t seeing him as he is. Personally impacted by 9/11, Harrington has allowed his days and nights to take on an out-of-focus aimless quality as though he isn’t engaged in his life. The problem Seth Harrington thinks he has isn’t the worst problem he has. The why of things doesn’t appear until the final pages and it’s well worth the wait.
If Bitter Orange were a feature film showing at your local theater, a sign on the door would say: ABSOLUTELY NO ONE ADMITTED DURING THE LAST 15 MINUTES. Notice how protagonist Seth Harrington is already fading away on the book’s cover. Condition: Neu, EAN: 9789881554031, UPC: 9789881554031, ISBN: 9789881554031, Recommended Age Range: 0-12 months, Item Length: 21.Marshall Moore follows his collection of enigmatic and delightfully twisted short stories, Infernal Republic, with an equally inventive novel about a character we can’t always see. Still reeling from the horrors of the September 11 terrorist attacks and ambivalent about his future, Seth is at a crossroads: Can he be one of the good guys by doing bad things, or are his newfound powers part of someone else's malevolent agenda? There are no easy answers or expected outcomes in Marshall Moore's exploration of urban life and the ways that people can disappear.
But this only adds to his confusion about his place in the world. He can stop muggings in plain sight, unseen, but only with worse violence. He can use a movie ticket stub to buy a coffee or a one-dollar bill to pay for a cell phone. The ability only works in morally grey situations the rest of the time, he can't turn it on and off at will. Seth Harrington can be invisible or undetectable, but he is not a superhero. Versand nach: GB und viele andere Länder,Īrtikelnummer: 165775859841 Bitter Orange by Marshall Moore.
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