The Junk , Sarah Waters
The fifth novel by Sarah Waters tells of greatness and English decadence of a home and family there (on) lives. Both fresco family, fantastic story and social novel, a book that devours.
Hundreds Hall is a magnificent and huge house nestled in the English countryside and inhabited for generations by the family Ayres. The narrator of this story, Faraday, recalls the grandeur of this house where his mother was a nanny. The images he cautions are those of the splendid festivities taking place there, creeping, employees and the nobility of its people. But when, became a doctor despite his social origins, he had the opportunity enter them again, years later, he can only observe the decay Hundreds Hall and the rest of the family Ayres. Called because the only domestic worker, the young Betty, complains of stomach pains, he will meet Mrs. Ayres and his two children, Caroline, spinster (despite his young age) without charm but not devoid of humor and Roderick's son, returned from the war wounded. The family fortune and nothing remains of the glory of the past there are only good manners to Ayres, a few dingy dresses, holding that the good old fashioned poor Betty has to shoulder every day and marvel at this house Dr. Faraday always, especially on days of fine weather, but collapses from all sides and that the three remaining family members are no longer able to stand. And then ... and then some strange things begin to occur in this mysterious mansion. Noises, marks on the walls, the feeling of a presence ... One by one, the Ayres family members seem to succumb to the terror generated by this house, to the chagrin of Dr. Faraday, who does not know what to do to make them see reason. The family suffers Ayres does a hereditary disorder that leads inexorably to madness Hundreds Hall or is it haunted? But
Hundreds Hall is a magnificent and huge house nestled in the English countryside and inhabited for generations by the family Ayres. The narrator of this story, Faraday, recalls the grandeur of this house where his mother was a nanny. The images he cautions are those of the splendid festivities taking place there, creeping, employees and the nobility of its people. But when, became a doctor despite his social origins, he had the opportunity enter them again, years later, he can only observe the decay Hundreds Hall and the rest of the family Ayres. Called because the only domestic worker, the young Betty, complains of stomach pains, he will meet Mrs. Ayres and his two children, Caroline, spinster (despite his young age) without charm but not devoid of humor and Roderick's son, returned from the war wounded. The family fortune and nothing remains of the glory of the past there are only good manners to Ayres, a few dingy dresses, holding that the good old fashioned poor Betty has to shoulder every day and marvel at this house Dr. Faraday always, especially on days of fine weather, but collapses from all sides and that the three remaining family members are no longer able to stand. And then ... and then some strange things begin to occur in this mysterious mansion. Noises, marks on the walls, the feeling of a presence ... One by one, the Ayres family members seem to succumb to the terror generated by this house, to the chagrin of Dr. Faraday, who does not know what to do to make them see reason. The family suffers Ayres does a hereditary disorder that leads inexorably to madness Hundreds Hall or is it haunted? But beyond the ghost stories, The Junk the novel is mainly of an era: the post-war is an emerging new class of operatives, and sees another death yesterday while Top of social hierarchy and now often ruined and without any power. The "new rich" are buying up old houses, get rid of what made their charm and turn into buildings and modern practices.
Sarah Waters creates a mysterious atmosphere and captivating, sometimes scary and you think, often, to Edgar Allan Poe. The author, once will not hurt, for narrator has chosen a man and we witness, through the eyes of both fascinated and condescending love of Dr. Faraday, day after day, season after season, the collapse of this house, this family and some time. It does not happen much, yet difficult to release 707 pages of this novel as the tension of this family is palpable fresco and terribly endearing characters. And if the end is a little frustrating, it is undeniable The Junk us spellbound.
References:
Sarah Waters, The Junk , translated from English by Alain Defossé, Denoël, 2010, 707 pages.
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