- Taschenbuch: 356 Seiten
- Verlag: Berkley Trade (1. März 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0425172260
- ISBN-13: 978-0425172261
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,3 x 13,2 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.8 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.727.141 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Kirkus Reviews
Dissent editor Morton's first novel--a smooth, eloquent, but thoroughly unsatisfying tale of a red-diaper baby who comes of age. Sally Burke is a clever and perceptive girl who suffers a tremendous confusion. The daughter of fiercely committed left-wing activists--her mother a radical freethinker, her father a communist union-organizer--she finds little comfort in their political certainties, but cannot see any plausible way of rebelling against them. So she drifts on, unhappily uncommitted, increasingly depressed, and preternaturally (if rather endearingly) cynical. At school, where she finds herself surrounded by classmates who define themselves through their ambitions, she feels ``roadless.'' At home, growing up in an environment where virtue is equated with sacrifice, she doubts her ability to love. ``Sally knew an eagle had been implanted in her skull and was struggling to break free,'' but, lacking her parents' certitude and her friends' confidence, she feels earthbound and listless. Her sympathies are engaged first by Owen, a young writer whose simplicity and helplessness provide her with an object of devotion--but she is eventually worn down by his childishness. Ben McMahon, her next lover, is another unionizer who recognizes Sally's quandary: she is a ``Dylanist,'' a wanderer for whom feelings and experience are ends in themselves. Through her father's death she gains an awareness of mortality, and concludes that she can continue his struggle in domestic (rather than political) terms by raising a family of her own. This salvation-through-motherhood approach has a hollow ring, however, and seems a forced solution to an unresolved problem. A nicely written tale that badly wants a climax--so badly, in fact, that the author settles for an ending that doesn't fit the story. Enjoyable but seriously flawed. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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From Library Journal
Sally Burke is a "Dylanist"--she doesn't believe in causes, only feelings. The daughter of a labor official father and radical mother, she struggles to find her time and place in the world. Sally is representative of a whole generation that came of age after the Sixties--struggling with the quiet after the storm of activism in which she was raised. Sally feels out of step with the rest of the world--"off the history train." "If she were to be written about she'd be written about as a victim of a blank time, a time in which you couldn't fill in the blank with anything but your own bare personality." This is a touching first novel by an American male novelist (an editor of Dissent magazine) who is remarkably able to write from a woman's point of view.-- Kathy Ingels Helmond, Indiana Univ.
Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis Lib.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis Lib.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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This was a fantastic treat of a novel and I couldn't put it down. Not like its a suspense novel (!), but there were so many poignant details noted through out the book, it was like the secrets of the world revealed. I kept wondering when I'd get my next revelation as I read. And it was chock full of them. Yeah Brian Morton! Hurray for the Dylanist!
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Clearly, this is what is meant by 'literary fiction.' The main character in this first novel, Sally Burke, is lovingly drawn and totally convcing. That's important because the author of course is a man. (Now that brings up an interesting question. How would I know if the character is totally convincing as a female since I too am a male. Oh well, let's move on.) If you love to read and want to get totally drawn into someone else's life (don't we all), you'll love this book. But if it's plot you're looking for, look elsewhere. This book mirrors real life. It goes from episode to episode with none wrapping up too neatly or too compelling. Sally is a lot like you and me, I think. Not as successful a book as "Starting Out in the Evening" but worth a read. Looking forward to this writer's third novel.
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this is by far one of the best books I ever read
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