- Gebundene Ausgabe: 179 Seiten
- Verlag: Thomson Learning; Auflage: 1st. Ed (November 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0151930937
- ISBN-13: 978-0151930937
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,1 x 15,2 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.774.839 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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At 57, with heart disease and a bad case of wanderlust, Gary Paulsen decided to get himself the motorcycle of his dreams and take it to Alaska from his home in New Mexico. "The bike held me like a hand, caught me and took me with it so that the engine seemed to be my engine, the wheels my wheels," he writes. "It was singular, visceral, unlike any other motorcycle I had ever ridden. In some way it brought me out of myself, out ahead of myself, into myself, into the core of what I was, what I needed to live. And I knew, my core knew that I would never be the same again, could never be the same."
Paulsen writes in a blaze of macho invective, about men who like drinkin' and butcherin' and guns and "poker with no-limits stakes, or stakes high enough to make you intensely focus on everything there is--and there is everything--in the game." But when he's writing about the spicy characters he's encountered in his wide-ranging travels around America, this short memoir, for all its exaggerated manliness, turns out to be quite funny. --Maria Dolan
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Lyrical and pleasing reflections on machinery, midlife crisis, and sundry other matters. Not long ago Paulsen, a Newbury Honor author of books for children, as well as books for adults (Eastern Sun, Western Moon, 1993, etc.), turned 57 and discovered he had a heart ailment. He also discovered, he writes, that he is a man, in a time when it has become anachronistic to be masculine. To avert the horror of growing old, cuddly, and debilitated, Paulsen went out and bought a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, shopping for which turned out to be a challenge--for a new bike, he learned, he'd have to pay a small fortune and then wait three years for delivery. Arming himself with a used machine, he took to the road, making his way from New Mexico to Alaska and back again, celebrating the freedom afforded him by the Harley-as-extension-of-self. The book that resulted from his trip is really a series of loosely connected essays. One treats the curious career of George Armstrong Custer, whom Paulsen seems intent on rehabilitating. Writing in a Hemingwayesque turn, he takes the line that, while it is politically incorrect to express respect for the doomed general, it is difficult not to admire his courage, and in the end it could be said that he was given his measure of fame--which is more than most men are given. Another essay explores the American worship of know-how, the almost religious aspect of being a mechanic that does not seem to exist in other countries. Still another deals with the myriad ways there are to meet one's maker on the back of a motorcycle, crushed by an errant piece of livestock or splattered by a road-hogging RV. These meditations don't quite add up to a full-tilt memoir, but they make a nice entertainment all the same. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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It is difficult to believe that the author of such first-rate young adult books like Hatchet and Winterdance could also produce something this bad. Pilgrimage is a rambling, poorly-structured narrative that details Paulsen's motorcycle trip to Alaska. Upon reaching his destination, Paulsen and his traveling companion buy T-shirts at the local Harley shop, then turn around and head home. Ultimately, the book is as pointless as the trip itself. However, to say that this is a travel story, or even a book about motorcycling is a bit misleading. The narrative appears to exist just so Paulsen may rant against motorhomes, pose with his Harley, and exhibit a twisted nostalgia for a misanthropic cop from his youth. As I read Pilgrimage, I actually found myself embarrassed for the author. To be fair, most of us are allowed the privilege of staggering through our own mid-life crises with anonymity. Paulsen, as a well-known (and, presumably, bankable) author, was seemingly exploited at this vulnerable moment by those who saw the possibilities for profit in this, yet-another-Harley-book, mistake. Those who would like to read a good adventure tale are referred to the titles above. Those who would like a good motorcycle book are encouraged to take a look at The Perfect Vehicle by Melissa Pierson.
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If you'r intending to live over 50 you better read Paulsen's book. it'll make you understand that we live only one life, and we'd better live them right.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Gary Paulsen delivers a middle age memoir that strikes a sentimental and gentle chord as we follow him on his Harley from New Mexico to Alaska and back. It's not the Iliad nor the Odyssey but as Homer put it best the adventure is "in the journey". Take this book with you to an easy chair, prop up your feet, lean back and take it for a smooth ride. It is well worth it.
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