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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
There comes a time in every person's life when you realise that your parents are only human, that revelatory second when you discover that they are not the giants that you always assumed them to be. It's that moment when you learn that they are in fact just as flawed as everyone else.
Sarah Pinborough does a wonderful job of tapping directly into that sensation. As the family history is explored it is easy to draw parallels between the impending loss of the father and other traumatic events in the past. Old forgotten feelings of anger, grief and impotence resurface and the siblings are forced confront feelings long since buried.
The thing that really struck me about The Language of Dying is that this is an intensely personal story. There is a sense of near voyeurism as you experience the innermost thoughts and feelings of a woman watching her father slowly die and her family drift apart. The writing is so strong that at times throughout the narrative, I felt as though I was genuinely intruding on another person's life.
The relationships between the brothers and sisters, their insecurities, are all laid bare. Though their father may not have been the best parent in the world, he is undoubtedly the lynch-pin of their family unit. The sense that they will all suffer greatly at his loss is palpable.
Effective and subtly affecting this is a beautiful, sometimes harrowing, story that deals with the most devastating of life's experiences in a delicate and thoughtful manner. Anyone who has ever lost a family member or friend, will appreciate the sense of catharsis that Pinborough captures in her writing. There is every possibility that you will be able to relate to the stories darker moments as well.
Sarah Pinborough does a wonderful job of tapping directly into that sensation. As the family history is explored it is easy to draw parallels between the impending loss of the father and other traumatic events in the past. Old forgotten feelings of anger, grief and impotence resurface and the siblings are forced confront feelings long since buried.
The thing that really struck me about The Language of Dying is that this is an intensely personal story. There is a sense of near voyeurism as you experience the innermost thoughts and feelings of a woman watching her father slowly die and her family drift apart. The writing is so strong that at times throughout the narrative, I felt as though I was genuinely intruding on another person's life.
The relationships between the brothers and sisters, their insecurities, are all laid bare. Though their father may not have been the best parent in the world, he is undoubtedly the lynch-pin of their family unit. The sense that they will all suffer greatly at his loss is palpable.
Effective and subtly affecting this is a beautiful, sometimes harrowing, story that deals with the most devastating of life's experiences in a delicate and thoughtful manner. Anyone who has ever lost a family member or friend, will appreciate the sense of catharsis that Pinborough captures in her writing. There is every possibility that you will be able to relate to the stories darker moments as well.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
One of the most beautifully written books I've read in a long, long time. Written from the heart without a doubt. A perfect marriage of Sarah Pinborough's accessible style with a literary meditation on an uncomfortable and overpowering truth as expressed in this quote from Philip Larkin's Aubade; "Most things may never happen: this one will".
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
A subtle and sensitive portrayal of a family gathered back in the family home to await the death of their father. The narrator is the middle child of five through whom we learn about the different characters. We meet the druggy twins, the shining sister, the unsuccessful businessman brother. And outside the window 'it' appears. A dark creature that strangely draws the narrator. This is an interesting tale with a beautiful and wonderfully precise use of language throughout. Well done!
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