By Carol Shields
The San Diego Tribune known as The Stone Diaries a "universal research of what makes ladies tick." With Larry's Party Carol Shields has performed an analogous for males. Larry Weller, born in 1950, is a regular man made amazing by means of his creator's conception, irony, and tenderness. Larry's Party supplies us, because it have been, a CAT experiment of his existence, in episodes among 1977 and 1997, that seamlessly flash back and forth. We persist with this younger floral dressmaker via marriages and divorces, and his interactions together with his mom and dad, acquaintances, and a son. all through, we witness his deepening ardour for backyard mazes--so like existence, with their teasing treachery and promise of present. between all of the paradoxes and injuries of his lifestyles, Larry strikes during the spontaneity of the seventies, the blind appeal of the eighties, and the tilt, suggest nineties, finishing ultimately his quiet, obdurate look for self. Larry's odyssey mirrors the male situation on the finish of our century with detailed wit, unerring poignancy, and wonderful knowledge.
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Parecia inquieto; em algum momento pareceu exasperado. Abriu a sacola de couro, apalpou-a por dentro, até a mão direita trêmula encontrar um cartão-postal. No rosto sério os lábios sumiram de sua boca, quem sabe um cacoete ou o gesto ansioso. Por favor, me acompanhe até essa casa, ele pediu, apontando a fotografia do cartão-postal. O tom da voz era quase de súplica; chegou a ser patético ao repetir o pedido em francês, e só não o fez em alemão porque dispensei mais salamaleques. Eu conhecia de vista a casa ilhada: u m bangalô atraente 70 e misterioso, que só parecia dar sinal de vida depois do anoitecer, quando as luzes iluminavam a fachada e o jardim.
Ela apareceu ao anoitecer. Notou o jeito esquivo dos convidados e perguntou logo de cara: Vocês ainda estão falando de política? Tirou os sapatos, mal cumprimentou Francine e Laure, disse: Ça vai a Gerardo, Gabriela e Jérôme, foi menos fria com Fabiana e Marcelo, beijando-lhes o rosto e perguntando a todos: Pelo menos me esperaram pra cantar parabéns? Lázaro apontou para Jean-Paul, sozinho e de pernas abertas no canto da sala, o rosto com ar entorpecido e blasé. Mas Bárbara o ignorou. Só ela estava de pé, observando a bagunça de copos, garrafas, pratos e talheres, então Fabiana disse que só estavam esperando por Bárbara para cantar parabéns e pediu a Marcelo que acendesse as velas do bolo.
Soube que deixara a Bretanha havia muitos anos; seu desejo era partir em busca do desconhecido. Para ele, viajar era uma forma de viver em tempos distintos. Um dia lhe perguntei se conhecia o dialeto bretão ou uma das tantas línguas indígenas do Amazonas. Vi seu rosto branco ruborizar: um rosto sem rugas, imberbe, os olhos azulados pareciam expressar dúvida ou indagação; de repente se levantou, foi até a varanda e, de costas para o rio, disse: Emilie me confundiu com Armand Verne. Ele, sim, é u m linguista aplicado e tutor dos nativos.