Category: America

April 29, 2010

Martin Dressler: The tale of an American Dreamer, by Steven Millhauser *** (of 4)

The title character, Martin Dressler, is the son of German immigrants in New York City who’s dreams and successes coincide with the burgeoning of the...

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April 29, 2010

The March by E.L. Doctorow **** (of 4)

The march is General William Tecumsah Sherman’s subjugation of the confederacy as seen through the eyes of carefully crafted, wholly believable, fictitious characters: freed-slaves, plantation...

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April 29, 2010

The Human Stain by Phillip Roth **** (of 4)

One of the best pieces of literature I’ve ever read with multiple layers about an African American who disguises himself as a Jew becomes a...

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April 29, 2010

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer * (of 4)

It has received excellent reviews from Newsweek, New York Times, New Yorker, and my mother, but I couldn’t read even half of it, so take...

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April 23, 2010

East of Eden by John Steinbeck **** (of 4)

A retelling of the stories of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel transposed to three generations of two families living mostly in Salinas, California during the...

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April 22, 2010