Bt hi is corrupted, not empowered by the money. As in City of God, he is playing with the stream of consciousness, which does get a bit laborious at times. Neither the book nor I are as groovy as we thought we were. Une erreur est survenue. What really drove me crazy was there wasn't one redeemable character -- not one person I would want to spend any time with -- not one that seemed human. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It wasn't just the fact that the narrative switches back and forth between third person, first person, and bad poetry; or the fact that rules of grammar and punctuation don't seem to exist, making it necessary to go back and read the same sentence several times in the hopes of figuring out what it's sayi. This depression-era tale takes place at a tycoon's hidden mountain estate. They were all dried up. And three blocks away was the mill where everybody in Paterson made the wages to keep up their wonderful life, including my father including my mother they went there together and came home together and ate their meals and went to the same bed together. So in a sense you could say it was so good I read it twice! The book itself was fine, good price etc. They lived on a linoleum terrain and sat in the evenings by their radio. The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. It is very well written, and the story is interesting. Il y a 0 commentaire et 0 évaluations venant de France, Livraison accélérée gratuite sur des millions d’articles, et bien plus. Livraison à partir de 0,01 € en France métropolitaine. I only finished this book so that I could thoroughly discuss it with my group. The main characters were well defined and I was invested in learning about them. Quirky syntax and telling detail mark the work of one of our greatest recent authors. 2 people found this helpful Jumping from character to character, person to person, prose to poetry, punctuation to no punctuation. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. The story plays off in the era of the Great War and the Great Depression. The intrigue in this book really kept my attention, and the parallels to historical figures made it so Doctorowesque. There seems to be no plot as he jumps all over. The first 10 pages of this blew me away, and then the novel moved into this pseudo-experimental direction that lost me. Refresh and try again. Cet article dispose d’une quantité maximum de commande. Celebrated author, intriguing cover copy, great reviews . because they kept me engaged. Like all Doctorow, Loon Lake tells an amazingly interesting tale with vibrant, often beautiful, sometimes brutal detail. He follows them, as one follows a dream, to an isolated private estate on Loon Lake. Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 21 septembre 2017. What a waste of my time. They were slightly smoking sticks. He jumps form 1st person to third person. Like a little old couple in the woods, all alone for each other, the son only a whim of fate. I read it because it was a bookclub book. The story certainly wasn't linear or boring. A Novel, Loon Lake, E.L. Doctorow, Random House. Il ne reste plus que 2 exemplaire(s) en stock (d'autres exemplaires sont en cours d'acheminement). What he finds, on a cold and lonely night in the Adirondack Mountains, is a vision of life so different from his own that it changes his destiny, leading him from the side of a railroad track to a magical place called Loon Lake. I read this book during a week on a Maine lake that has several resident loons. Joseph despises his parents and their strict adherence to routine. However, the distinctive part was the author’s use of timing and adding outlandish paragraphs with little to no grammar. And I despised that. He stumbles upon the large Loon Lake estate of F.W. Loon Lake, a work of fiction, by E. L. Doctorow is set in the North Eastern part of the U. S. during the great depression. Bennett. Merci d’essayer à nouveau. I enjoyed the stoey mostly because I am spending alot of time near Loon Lake this summer. Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 21 septembre 2017. Al principio choca pero realmente es un gran texto. They were crumbling into ash. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published How did that make them different from anyone else on Mechanic Street, even the houses were the same, two by two, the same asphalt palace over and over, streetcars rang the bell on the whole fucking neighborhood. By the end of the book, I honestly had no idea what they meant. The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. Les membres Amazon Prime profitent de la livraison accélérée gratuite sur des millions d’articles, d’un accès à des milliers de films et séries sur Prime Video, et de nombreux autres avantages. During the Great Depression of the '30s, a passionate, young New Jersey man leaves home to find his fortune. I read this book together with my bookclub. --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition. I'm not saying Fitzgerald's Gatsby isn't a great book, but it is limited in scope, whereas this is more panoramic, dramatic, darker, and kind of the "adult" version. Even though few readers will be able to relate directly to the plotline (set in pre-WWII USA), Doctorow (as usual) manages to uncover universally human feeling despite the strange adventures the story depicts. In spite of its bucolic title, the book is a scathing commentary on free-market capitalism and the complicated human motivations that hold us in its grip. Loon Lake is a tale of the haves and have-nots set in the heartbreaking early years of labor unions. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author. Téléchargez l'une des applis Kindle gratuites et commencez à lire les livres Kindle sur votre smartphone, tablette ou ordinateur. I first came across E.L. Doctorow when I was in my twenties. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. Choisissez parmi 20 000 points retrait en France et en Belgique, incluant points relais et consignes automatiques Amazon Lockers, Les membres du programme Amazon Prime bénéficient de livraisons gratuites illimitées, Sélectionnez cette adresse lors de votre commande, Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint édition (11 septembre 2007). Loses four stars for a complete inability to write a female character without morbidly over sexualizing her or distilling her to her appearance, and despising her for it.