Cart
|
|
my account
|
wish list
|
help
|
800-878-7323
Hello, |
Login
MENU
Browse
New Arrivals
Bestsellers
Featured Preorders
Award Winners
Audio Books
See All Subjects
Used
Staff Picks
Staff Picks
Picks of the Month
Bookseller Displays
50 Books for 50 Years
25 Best 21st Century Sci-Fi & Fantasy
25 PNW Books to Read Before You Die
25 Books From the 21st Century
25 Memoirs to Read Before You Die
25 Global Books to Read Before You Die
25 Women to Read Before You Die
25 Books to Read Before You Die
Gifts
Gift Cards & eGift Cards
Powell's Souvenirs
Journals and Notebooks
socks
Games
Sell Books
Blog
Events
Find A Store
Don't Miss
15% off new books on Powells.com!*
Spring Sale
Big Mood Sale
Teen Dream Sale
Powell's Author Events
Oregon Battle of the Books
Audio Books
Get the Powell's newsletter
Visit Our Stores
Powell's Staff:
Five Book Friday: In Memoriam
(0 comment)
Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
Read More
»
Brontez Purnell:
Powell’s Q&A: Brontez Purnell, author of ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt’
(0 comment)
Rachael P.:
Starter Pack: Where to Begin with Ursula K. Le Guin
(0 comment)
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
Motherless Brooklyn
by
Jonathan Lethem
Comment on this title
Synopses & Reviews
Reading Group Guide
Award Excerpt
Read an Excerpt
ISBN13:
9780375724831
ISBN10:
0375724834
Condition:
Standard
All Product Details
View Larger Image
View Larger Images
$9.95
List Price:
$18.00
Used Trade Paperback
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Qty
Store
3
Burnside
Awards
Winner of the 1999
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Winner of the 2000
Gold Dagger
A
New York Times
Notable Book for 1999
4.7
6
What Our Readers Are Saying
Share your thoughts on this title!
Average customer rating 4.7 (6 comments)
`
magik
, January 07, 2015
Lethem's ability to capture Tourette's syndrome in writing is really impressive. Plus, this is a wonderful homage to New York, perhaps the most Tourettic of cities. "Motherless Brooklyn" is a lot of fun to read thanks to the wonderfully self-aware narrator who helps the novel step just outside of the crime genre to into the realm of literature.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
`
schaeferj.r
, January 26, 2013
I didn't expect to like this as much as I did. Certainly in my top five for the year. Treat yourself.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
`
librariphile
, October 21, 2012
(view all comments by librariphile)
Well-placed, evenly-spaced box & highlight SAT words. About every 20 pages, I'd guess. Maybe less often. Excellent Tourette's writing. Good handle on the detective genre, enough to be slightly outside it. EatmeBailey.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
`
Manek
, November 27, 2010
(view all comments by Manek)
Holy living f*ck this is a great book! (Can I use the F word, Powell's, if I don't spell it out? A fleeting expletive is not legally obscene-- can't be, b/c of the First Amendment. Of course, you, Powell's, are entitled to your own policies. In this case, though, consider an exception. B/c- once again- F*CK!). Finished it around 4 am last night. Jonathan L. is a genius. Which makes the MacArthur grant make sense. It's top notch literary noir with Tourrette's Syndrome. Eat Me! While I'm at it, let me also recommend the audioversion of Lethem's Chronic City. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of his work. (Have to say, though, I didn't love Gun, With Occasional Music, which might be a kind of precursor to Motherless Brooklyn). Plot and characters are both fully developed and satisfying. Go buy it, now! Maybe get it for your friend who likes trashy crime fiction-- the one you wish would read something a little more literary. Telling you- this might be the book. Seriously. Your lowbrow friend will thank you.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
`
eatmovies
, December 14, 2008
(view all comments by eatmovies)
The premise alone was enough to draw me to this book but the story kept me reading. While reading this novel I spanned the emotional divide between a somber saddness for Lionel's lonesomeness and hilarity at his uncontrolable ticks. I enjoyed this far more than I thought that I would
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(7 of 12 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
`
C.M. Taylor
, July 05, 2007
(view all comments by C.M. Taylor)
On the strength of this novel alone, it is clear that Jonathan Lethem is irritatingly gifted. What should come across as a gimmicky device (the main character has Tourettes Syndrome and experiences tics throughout the book) actually adds to the story's already strong sense of reality. The weirder things become, the more the reader is compelled to shrug and say, "Truth is stranger than fiction."
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(16 of 27 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
View all 6 comments
Product Details
ISBN:
9780375724831
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
10/24/2000
Publisher:
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Series info:
Vintage Contemporaries
Pages:
336
Height:
.75IN
Width:
5.20IN
Thickness:
.75
Series:
Vintage Contemporaries
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2000
Series Volume:
33
UPC Code:
2800375724833
Author:
Jonathan Lethem
Subject:
Private investigators
Subject:
Brooklyn
Subject:
Private investigators - New York (State) -
Subject:
Orphans
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Tourette syndrome
Subject:
General Fiction
$9.95
List Price:
$18.00
Used Trade Paperback
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Qty
Store
3
Burnside
More copies of this ISBN
New, Trade Paperback, Starting from $16.95
Used, Trade Paperback, Starting from $8.95
This title in other editions
New, Trade Paperback, $58.53
Used, Hardcover, Starting from $9.95
Used, Trade Paperback, $8.95
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##