The Old Songs
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Auteur:
Fred Burton
- Engels
- Paperback
- 9781463589646
- 12 februari 2012
- 262 pagina's
Fred Burton
Fred Burton is the author of
Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent and coauthor with Samuel M. Katz of the
New York Times bestseller
Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi.
Samuel M. Katz is coauthor with Fred Burton of the New York Times bestseller Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi. He is also the author of The Ghost Warriors: Inside Israel's Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism; Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists; and The Hunt for the Engineer: How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master Bomber.
Samuel M. Katz is coauthor with Fred Burton of the New York Times bestseller Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi. He is also the author of The Ghost Warriors: Inside Israel's Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism; Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists; and The Hunt for the Engineer: How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master Bomber.
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''The Old Songs'' takes place in Queens, N.Y. during the 1950s and 1960s. The members of the extended family you meet have been shaped by The Depression and World War II. In response to these traumatic events they are drawn together into gatherings that are fun-loving and raucous.
It's not long before a tragic event occurs, taking two of the main characters from them. Those left behind struggle to maintain the things that keep them bound to each other, and shun contrary attitudes and ideas. But the control they desire is more elusive than they realized.
The title captures an essential theme of the book. The first chapter occurs at a family party. The petty conflicts are undone by the singing of songs and you sense the rich heritage this represents. Later, they sing in a restaurant and it becomes painfully clear how the world has passed them by. The concluding chapter has the larger group reassembled for perhaps the final time. The singing begins and feelings of hurt and alienation are met with a counterforce that suggests that beauty can be found even in difficult situations.
There are no heroes in this book but truth can be found in the fabric of their shared experience, each strand of which struggles for connection. Their love for each other battles against the crises that have shaped their lives. They are poorly equipped for looking inside themselves because of a morality that scorns analysis of this kind. Despite these obstacles each is given a chance to learn how to forgive, both themselves and each other, and those who grow in this way secure some measure of peace in their lives.
It's not long before a tragic event occurs, taking two of the main characters from them. Those left behind struggle to maintain the things that keep them bound to each other, and shun contrary attitudes and ideas. But the control they desire is more elusive than they realized.
The title captures an essential theme of the book. The first chapter occurs at a family party. The petty conflicts are undone by the singing of songs and you sense the rich heritage this represents. Later, they sing in a restaurant and it becomes painfully clear how the world has passed them by. The concluding chapter has the larger group reassembled for perhaps the final time. The singing begins and feelings of hurt and alienation are met with a counterforce that suggests that beauty can be found even in difficult situations.
There are no heroes in this book but truth can be found in the fabric of their shared experience, each strand of which struggles for connection. Their love for each other battles against the crises that have shaped their lives. They are poorly equipped for looking inside themselves because of a morality that scorns analysis of this kind. Despite these obstacles each is given a chance to learn how to forgive, both themselves and each other, and those who grow in this way secure some measure of peace in their lives.
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