The Other Book

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Todo ello en un supuesto paisaje idílico en el que se nos van desvelando extraños hechos y desapariciones.

The thing you must realize about this book is that it is, first and foremost, a novel. A novel based on actual historical events, yes, but still a work of fiction. So for those that criticize it for its historical inaccuracy, your criticism is misplaced. This is not a biography of Mary Boleyn or Anne Boleyn and it doesn't pretend to be. From the author of the best-selling Snow Falling on Cedars , a dazzling new novel about youth and idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life. Taking the historical innaccuracies aside, as a woman, Anne is painted as the cause of Henry becoming a tyrant, as the reason women had to live in fear that they could be cast aside and so she had her just desserts when Henry cast her aside. It is also documented in history that the saintly, oh so pure of heart, so good Mary as portrayed by Ms. Gregory, went nowhere near Anne or her brother when they were sent to the Tower and did not see them for some time before that happening. Her support was as absent as she was - preferring to keep her distance and save her good self perhaps? Who knows. I am amazed sometimes when I bring this book up that so many have never heard of it. A Horror classic! I mean..the movie version scared me so much I could not watch it again for years.I’ve had The Other on my shelves for absolutely ages because it’s got an incredible average rating on Goodreads for a horror. While I did enjoy this one, I didn’t love it like I thought I would. NYRB Classics presents the landmark psychological horror novel about 13-year-old twins living in a bucolic New England town—one good and the other very, very evil.

After The Other, Chris and Martin Udvarnoky did some stage work with Uta Hagen, and they both tried out for the lead role in 1973's Tom Sawyer, but neither one of them got the part. Ultimately, they both decided not to pursue careers acting in movies, partially because they were disturbed by the attention which they received from fans when The Other premiered, and also because they preferred to resume normal childhoods. [15] The Making of THE OTHER (1972) - memories relayed by Diana Muldaur, Don Kranze and C. Robert Holloway"

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The theme of the Double is one of the most fascinating elements of gothic fiction, carrying with it a whole catalogue of literary conventions: the reflected image in the mirror or in water, the identical twin, the changeling, the dead who possess the living, the unfettered subconscious, family madness, the Devil. All these apply to The Other, which is a vague term for some possibly metaphysical entity which imposes its will on one's consciousness or behavior, a presence never recognized as a part of oneself, although psychologists may call it a projection of forbidden impulses, perhaps the Jungian Shadow. The whole enmity between sisters thing is a creation, which would be fair enough, poetic license, dramatic tension, etc etc. Except Mary hates Anne, and yet she's always doing what she's told, helping Anne out, blah blah. She'll occasionally say that of course she loves her she's her sister, but we're told far more often and with far more vehemence how much she hates her, and all we're shown is the fights and the vindictiveness. Again, this is mostly because Gregory hates Anne. She seems to like Mary, although if the real Mary was anything like the characterisation then I can't see why. Gregory's Mary is insipid, whiny and spineless, and pretty much irritates the hell out of me. And then we get the whole "wanting to marry for love and not power as a feminist statement" thing that Gregory does with Mary, while we are told Anne, who had power and intelligence in her own right, is a spineless pawn in a man's game of politics. She couldn't possibly have been regent of England without her uncle's help, we are told. This of the woman who split the church, dethroned a queen, and was mother to Queen Elizabeth. Identical twins, by nature are a bit creepy if you think about it. Procreation occurs and not only one is conceived, but two, if identical, are created with the same physical genetic makeup as the other. Many animals do this for an evolutionary reason, but humans for the most part do not, which in my opinion is a damn good reason: we destroy everything around us. Guterson gives away all his secrets in the beginning. There are no plot surprises, and the novel would have been well served by them. There's also a lot of pretentious literary name-dropping (great, you read esoteric Chinese literature and pretentious beat poetry, let's get on with it, Graham Greene). Let us not forget that Henry was actually the one who was married - Anne was just a teenager when she met him and a pawn in a political game. Henry is responsible for his own behaviour, not Anne, his own greed, arrogance and increasing desperation for a son are the reason he became a tyrant, not Anne. For he himself had many other wives after he disposed of her ad his pattern of behaviour continued.

The Twins have an addiction to Doc Savage books and comics. I remember when I first found a cache of Kenneth Robeson titles with this bronze skinned hero on the cover always with a tattered shirt and lurid graphics to spur the imagination. I read through scads of them and wish I still had those books. I doubt they would hold up well reading them today, but then they were perfect for a boy who wanted to explore the magic of science and the pure pleasure of rooting for Doc Savage to outsmart a myriad of diabolical villains. Holland and Niles Perry are identical 13-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other’s thoughts, but they couldn’t be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, a bad influence, while Niles is kind and eager to please, the sort of boy who makes parents proud. Grandmother Ada always wears on her dress a pin shaped like the crescent moon, symbol of the ancient queen of heaven, who, in another phase, was the death goddess. Niles scratches his cheek on the moon pin in the compulsive, despairing embrace of Ada when she realizes the truth about her beloved grandchild. Caspita che storia!!! non avrei mai pensato di rimanere incollata alle pagine cosi, devo dire che la narrazione è molto particolare...una scrittura un pò criptica e poco scorrevole che si scontra con molti inserti di piccoli avvenimenti e sottostorie...I think it's a toss up whether the best feature is the narrator's voice or whether it's in the plot twists. Both are superb and fascinating and lulling and it's extremely easy to fall into the idea that the author wanted us to believe.

Christian symbols share the stage with references to Classical and Norse mythology. Niles is entranced by a stained glass window in the church representing the Angel of the Annunciation, which he interprets as a kind and loving make-believe creature whom he fancies as a guardian spirit. When Ada seeks to destroy her grandson, she appears to him first as the winged Angel of the Annunciation, whom he wished most to see at the moment of his death, then changes in his hallucination to the Angel of Death. This book has a fabulous twist. I knew something was going to happen or be revealed, but I had no idea what was coming. The prose is also beautiful and atmospheric, which isn't especially typical in the horror genre. The novel is really a number of things all at once. It's a creepy murder mystery, a reflection on bygone days, a coming of age story, and a study of a family undergoing intense grief and hardship. It's also a very deep reflection on relationships, and how sometimes the love you feel for another can do more harm than good. For several years I’ve added this book to the pile of novels I plan to read for Halloween, but every year it missed the final cut. This year I was determined to read it and boy am I glad did!!

I know Guterson makes John Williams out to be a sympathetic victim and also a laudable man of his principles, who gave away alllllll of his trust fund millions, blah blah blah. Simultaneously a wonderfully warm homage to Jane Austen and a delightful new story in its own right, Janice Hadlow's The Other Bennet Sister is, at its heart, a life-affirming tale of a young woman finding her place in the world. Witty and uplifting, it will make you feel - and cheer - for Mary as you never have before. L’Altro di Thomas Tryon, è un perfettamente riuscito gioco di prestigio in cui ogni cosa non è mai del tutto ciò che sembra, un romanzo che inganna ripetutamente il lettore in una lunga serie di eventi agghiaccianti e ricchi di colpi di scena, uniti ad una splendida e gotica rappresentazione della campagna e della famiglia americana, raccontati da più punti di vista tra cui spiccano un narratore in terza persona limitata, la maggior parte delle volte il tredicenne Niles Perry, ed una voce narrante in prima persona, meschina, cinica e piena di rancore, che apre ognuno dei tre atti in cui si suddivide il racconto.