The Leftovers -

Tom Perrotta

St. Martin's Press

2011

368 páginas

12h 16m

ISBN-13: 9780312358341

What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?

That's what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children.

Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin's own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin's teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet "A" student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he's distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start.

With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta has written a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss.

Resenhas (2)

4 (Muito bom)

foi difícil separar as expectativas que tinha em relação ao livro, por já conhecer e amar a série da hbo. acabei um pouco frustrada por não ser tão aprofundado nas questões religiosas, mas depois de um tempo você se acostuma com a abordagem do tom perrotta e entende a intenção dele, e qual caminho ele está seguindo. acaba que é um livro bastante melancólico sobre pessoas lidando com esse trauma coletivo que é a partida repentina, seja das maneiras mais absurdas (todo o núcleo do tom e os cultos que ele encontra ao longo do caminho) ou de maneira mais familiar (a depressão da jill e sua jornada através do hedonismo adolescente em busca de algo que preencha esse vazio deixado pela mãe). eu escrevi algumas observações sobre a relação livro x série, e como elas se complementam: https://link.medium.com/bdLO8tcPtjb