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Annie Proulx’s writing offers a cool blend of distracted stream-of-consciousness with intimate knowledge of her characters’ thoughts and feelings, somehow never revealing any more than needs to be known, and creating a rich tapestry of life and place. Newspaper headlines anchor ideas into place. Small town people know sometimes more and sometimes less about the neighbors surrounding them. Family ties are fragile as ice and strong as the land that binds them. And love is a many-splendored thing, taking different forms and faces, and finally proving to carry its own grace. Wounded by time, fate, betrayals of the past and misunderstandings of the present, characters don’t just move from one house to another, but their history moves houses, as depicted on the cover of my copy this book. And their shared history moves relationships, building and strengthening, through life and death, to a child’s learning that the dead won’t awaken and a man’s learning love might be reborn. In between, the reader learns too, and a small town becomes a microcosm, more alive than the city, more awake than the sleeper, and more hopeful than the dream. Disclosure: I really enjoyed this book. My thanks to the friend who gave it to me.
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I thought I would share some advice I received prior to reading the book because I ended up really appreciating it. The advice is, keep going. The book starts out very dark and it's easy to think to one's self "oh no, what have I just committed to reading" but it really does end up getting good. Just don't watch the movie though!!!! Ugh!
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Rarely has a book so completely captured the transformation of a man and the development of a life worth living. The writing is lyrical and unique, the story engaging and compelling. As Quoyle experiences moments of pure joy, so too does the reader, delighting in his metamorphosis and renewal. This is a book to read and digest, then pick up and read again. I've read it over thirty times and each time I discover something new. I could not recommend a book more.
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I really enjoyed the characters in this book, and even if I wasn't so crazy about the last couple pages, it's definitely a worthwhile read. (Make sure you familiarize yourself with Newfoundland accents first--it will help.)
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780671510053
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
06/01/1994
Publisher:
SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE
Pages:
368
Height:
.85IN
Width:
5.50IN
Thickness:
1.00
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1993
Series Volume:
no. 104
UPC Code:
2800671510055
Author:
E Annie Proulx
Author:
Annie Proulx
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Annie Proulx
Subject:
Newfoundland Fiction.
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Domestic fiction
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Fiction
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Newfoundland
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General Fiction
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