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John Gardner
Paperback | Pages: 399 pages Rating: 3.88 | 1019 Users | 74 Reviews
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| Title | : | October Light |
| Author | : | John Gardner |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 399 pages |
| Published | : | October 17th 2005 by New Directions (first published November 12th 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Literary Fiction. Contemporary. Novels |
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. New Directions is excited to reissue the Gardner classics, beginning with October Light, a complex relationship rendered in a down-to-earth narrative.October Light is one of John Gardner's masterworks. The penniless widow of a once-wealthy dentist, Sally Abbot now lives in the Vermont farmhouse of her older brother, 72-year-old James Page. Polar opposites in nearly every way, their clash of values turns a bitter corner when the exacting and resolute James takes a shotgun to his sister's color television set. After he locks Sally up in her room with the trashy "blockbuster" novel that has consumed her (and only apples to eat), the novel-within-the-novel becomes an echo chamber providing glimpses into the history of the family that spawned these bizarre, sad, and stubborn people. Gardner uses the turbulent siblings as a stepping-off point from which he expands upon the lives of their extended families, and the rural community that surrounds them. He also engages larger issues of how liberals and conservatives define themselves, and considers those moments when life transcends all their arguments.
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| Original Title: | October Light |
| ISBN: | 0811216373 (ISBN13: 9780811216371) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1976) |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 1019 Users | 74 ReviewsJudge Appertaining To Books October Light
I first read Gardner's "Grendel" in high school soon after finishing Beowulf. It was a dark, grotesque, strange, enthralling book that still lingers and causes a mental spasm when I see the cover on my bookshelf. Years later I found Nickel Mountain with its cast of doomed but humane characters in the Catskills of NY. Now, I was able to pick up October Light. Once again, I am struck by his ability to depict flawed but compassionate people (in Vermont this time) while capturing a natural landscapeThis book didn't need to be 400 pages. And I could have done without the book-within-a-book (I skipped those parts). Otherwise, it was ... fine? Not terrible, parts of it were sweet and sad, but this is not a recommended read for me.
Tedious and didactic. At least twice as long as it needed to be. I'd never wished I could unread a book before. Like the sister in the book I was trapped in a bedroom (by the flu, in my case, rather than an insane, crotchety, conservative brother), with only one book. Unfortunately it was this one.
this book was a challenge. I will admit I certainly started skimming paragraphs along the way. the "book within the book" was interesting until it jumped the shark and I completely lost interest in its story whatsoever. it was a clever trick... although I didn't understand the point of the missing pages.. other than perhaps the author was just as sick of that tale as I was and this was a way to skip ahead.!however the tale of James and sally is deeply personal. the insightfulness., stubborness,
Not bad.
Sibling Rivalry and PiratesA pair of old siblings fight and a second storyline unfolds as they ramp us their nasty feud. I liked the imagery of rural New England and the unbridled nastiness between the sister and brother. I felt their pain but didn't want either of them to win.
I read the first 100 pages and the final section; the book is purely self-indulgent; useless throughout.
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