The Lion in the Room Next Door - Softcover

Simonds, Merilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771080670 ISBN 13: 9780771080678

Verlag: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2000

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Book by Simonds Merilyn

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1. Landscape plays an important role in each story, as a mnemonic device, as a reflection of the narrator's state of mind, as a catalyst for insight and change. Discuss how landscape is used a s a literary device, particularly in 'Taken for Delirium' and 'The Distance to Delphi.' 2. The evolving relationship of the narrator with her father, her sons, and her husbands provides a link between the stories in this collection. Discuss the parallels in these male familial relationships and compare them with the role that women - mothers, sisters, and friends - play in the narrative. 3. Although this is the story of one woman's life, it is rich in universals. How does the author accomplish this? To what extent is this a book about times and places as much as the author's particular experience? 4. Dreams and visions figure prominently in several stories, especially 'King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West' and ' Song of the Japanese White-eye.' What purpose do they serve? 5. The collection takes its title from the first story, but the lion also appears in later stories. What is the significance of the lion in each story? In the collection? 6. The structure of the book is episodic: this is not the full story of a woman's life from age 7 to 47, but rather, it sets in high relief distinct moments in a life. How does this structure mirror the themes of the book? How does the author help the reader make the leap from story to story without filling in all the gaps? 7. The collection contains elements of magic realism, a style associated largely with Latin American writers. Discuss this, taking into consideration the lush writing style, the prevalence of myth and symbol, and the surreal interplay of real and dream worlds, especially in the final story, 'The Day of the Dead.'

Biografía del autor:

Merilyn Simonds was born in Winnipeg, and spent her childhood in Brazil. Her previous books include the internationally acclaimed The Lion in the Room Next Door (1999) and The Convict Lover (1996), which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and the Arthur Ellis Award. The Convict Lover premiered as a stage play at Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille in 1998. The Holding is her first novel.

Simonds has worked as a freelance writer and a magazine editor, has taught courses in literary non-fiction, and has been a guest lecturer at colleges and universities in the U. S. and Canada. She has won several national awards for her magazine writing.

She lives outside Kingston, Ontario, with her husband, writer and tr

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• Verlag: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0771080670
• ISBN 13: 9780771080678
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272